Facebook announced Thursday its latest move in making sure users' data is secure: the purchase of cybersecurity company PrivateCore.
Founded in 2012, the Palo Alto, California-based company has been focusing on protecting servers from unauthorized access, malware, and harmful hardware devices, and has done so by creating software that validates server data while making sure it's secure, according to CNET.
Facebook, which runs tens of thousands of servers and has over one billion active years per month, can make great use of the deal in making sure its users' data stays safe.
"Facebook has done more than any company to connect the world, and we want to use our secure server technology to help make the world's connections more secure," said Oded Horovitz, CEO of PrivateCore. "Working together with Facebook, there is a huge opportunity to pursue our joint vision at scale with incredible impact."
Joe Sullivan, chief security officer at the social network, wrote in a Facebook post that he understands how important data security is to the social network's users, TIME reported.
"[PrivateCore's] vCage technology protects servers from persistent malware, unauthorized, physical access, and malicious hardware devices, making it safer to run any application in outsourced, hosted or cloud environments," Sullivan added.
While the terms of the deal were not revealed, PrivateCore received $2.3 million in funding from Foundation Capital and TEEC Angel Fund.
A spokesperson for Facebook said the company is looking to use PrivateCore's technology for its server stack, CNET reported.
"PrivateCore and Facebook share a vision of a more connected, secure world," a Facebook spokesperson said. "We plan to deploy PrivateCore's groundbreaking technology into Facebook's server stack to help further our mission to protect the people who use our service."
