International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) appears to be turning its focus on network security and in particular identity management.
IBM’s investment in CrossIdeas
In recently purchasing Lighthouse Security Group, which offers cloud-based identity management services for large enterprises, the company complements a purchase made several weeks ago. Then IBM invested in CrossIdeas, which offers software to limit the applications and information on a cloud network that an employee can access.
IBM did not announce terms of the acquisition.
IBM is committed to product development and said it will combine the Lighthouse and CrossIdeas technologies to build a full suite of security software. The combined offering...


