Microsoft Prepares Israeli Security Base With Adallom Acquisition

Microsoft (MSFT) is planning to buy startup Adallom for 0 million. If the deal, as well as the price point holds true, then it will be the largest buy from the U.S. firm in Israel till date, says a report from Globes. Adallom has its headquarters in Palo Alto, California with its Israel development center in Tel Aviv’s Ramat Hahayal.

The Adallom cyber security company was founded in 2012 by CEO Adam Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, and Roy Reznik – all graduates of elite IDF technology units.

A “Cloud Access Security Broker”.

Adallom made headlines in December 2013 when it exposed a break-in to the security server of Microsoft Office365. However, we have separately reached out to Microsoft regarding this, and would update the story once we receive a response.

Out of the box, Adallom now supports AWS, Dropbox, Office 365, Box, Salesforce, Successfactors, Google Apps, Okta, Servicenow, Ariba, Yammer, Jive, and Centrify, but using the APIs, can support nearly any application whether it is running in a Private Cloud or in Azure, AWS, or Rackspace.

Adallom has said its solutions are created to help enterprises “secure data in any cloud”.

Previous acquisitions by the global company include Aorato (2014), Equivio (2015), N-trig, 3DV Systems (2009).

Since November, Microsoft has acquired three other Israel-based tech firms. The technology is expected to see even wider use with the coming release of Edge, Microsoft’s successor to the Internet Explorer browser, which adds new capabilities for “digital ink” applications.

As well as their core cybersecurity service, Adallom’s platform also offers support for governance, risk management and compliance, offering enterprise users meaningful insights on their employees, the data they’re accessing, and their activities in the cloud.