Cisco Security has announced the closing of the acquisition of Sourcefire.  Sourcefire founder and CTO (and creator of Snort^?) Martin Roesch posted to Sourcefire's blog this morning to share the news:

"I can tell you with certainty that this is a great match for Sourcefire, for Cisco and, ultimately, for our customers, partners and open source communities" said Roesch.  "From a technology perspective, after having dedicated 15 years to Snort and then to Sourcefire, it's personally gratifying to be part of building this strong foundation."

Roesch, now vice president and chief architect of Cisco's Security Business Group, is excited for the new opportunities presented.  "It's the new model of security I've been talking about for some time.  Now working as part of the Cisco team, led by Chris Young, we can accelerate execution of this vision and make this even more impactful."

This is just the first exciting news about the acquisition.  As Roesch states in his post, "expect more great things as we continue down this path as ONE team."

Read the full post: http://blog.sourcefire.com/Post/2013/10/08/1381233600-one-team-sourcefire-is-now-part-of-cisco/