Cisco acquires Cognitive Security

Another day, another Cisco acquisition. The networking giant said today in a blog post that it intends to acquire Cognitive Security, a small privately-owned security firm based in Prague, Czech Republic. The company focuses on network security research and applying artificial intelligence techniques in order to detect advanced cyber-threats.

In comments, Cisco head of corporate business development Hilton Romanski, who heads up the company’s mergers and acquisitions, said: