Identity and access management (IAM) company SailPoint is to acquire Whitebox Security, a provider of data access governance solutions that identify and protect sensitive data against internal and external threats.
The Whitebox Security suite of solutions will continue to be available from SailPoint and will be rebranded as SecurityIQ.
By combining SailPoint's governance-based approach to IAM with Whitebox Security's ability to collect and analyse data, SecurityIQ will provide visibility and control into 'who has access to what' in unstructured data resources.
"Unstructured data is the next frontier in the IAM space, and it's a growing concern for our customers," said Kevin Cunningham, president and founder of SailPoint.
"By bringing data governance under the scope of IAM, organisations can now manage access to unstructured data in the same way as access to applications and systems.
"Our acquisition of Whitebox Security's expertise and technology allows SailPoint to link identity-centric and data-centric views within the IT infrastructure in powerful ways for our customers."