FAIRFAX, Va., July 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT) has completed the divestiture of ManTech Cyber Solutions International (MCSI), its commercial software division, to CounterTack. The addition of MCSI’s products and intellectual property enhances CounterTack’s leadership position in the Endpoint Detection and Response market by combining real-time operating system-level behavioral threat detection with in-memory threat analysis. ManTech will become an equity investor in CounterTack, as well as a global distribution partner. As part of the transaction, L. William Varner, president, ManTech Mission, Cyber and Intelligence Solutions Group, will join CounterTack’s Board of Directors as a Board Observer.
“ManTech is a leader in the growing cyber services market,” said ManTech Chairman and Chief Executive Officer George J. Pedersen. “Investing in CounterTack offers ManTech potential upside in high demand cyber products, specifically next-generation endpoint security, and enables us to focus on our core strength in cyber services. With the recent addition of Knowledge Consulting Group, ManTech has an unparalleled set of people and capabilities ready to secure the data and networks of government and commercial customers.”
“We’re thrilled to have MCSI and its innovative products as part of CounterTack to deliver cutting edge EDR technology to our combined customer base and to the market,” said Neal Creighton, president and CEO, CounterTack. “The powerful combination of real-time operating system surveillance with in-memory threat analysis capabilities positions CounterTack as a clear market leader, and we look forward to driving more value for our customers with new products and services.”
About ManTech International Corporation
ManTech is a leading provider of innovative technologies and solutions for mission-critical national security programs for the Intelligence Community; the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Energy, Veterans Affairs, and Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the health and space communities; and other U.S. federal government customers. We provide support to critical national security programs for approximately 50 federal agencies through approximately 1,100 current contracts. ManTech’s expertise includes cyber security; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) solutions and services; information technology (IT) modernization and sustainment; intelligence/counter-intelligence solutions and support; systems engineering; healthcare analytics and IT; global logistics support; test and evaluation; and environmental, range, and sustainability services. ManTech supports major national missions, such as military readiness and wellness, terrorist threat detection, information security and border protection. Additional information on ManTech can be found at www.mantech.com.
About CounterTack
CounterTack is the leading provider of real-time, Big Data endpoint detection and response technology for the enterprise. CounterTack provides unprecedented visibility and context around endpoint behavior to targeted, persistent threats to improve incident response and threat detection, enterprise-wide.
Built on Big Data architecture to counter endpoint threats at-scale and leveraging tamper-resistant collection for pure behavioral capture on enterprise endpoints, (laptops, servers, workstations, mobile devices) CounterTack dramatically reduces the impact of advanced attacks in real-time, giving teams an opportunity to defend the enterprise before incidents escalate.
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