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October 10, 2011 5:53 pm

The new cyber-industrial complex

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For decades, a small number of large military contractors built the heavy equipment needed to fight conventional wars, becoming members of what President Dwight Eisenhower referred to as the “military-industrial complex”. Today, these companies are creating a cyber-industrial complex by acquiring smaller, specialist groups.

According to advisory firm ERG Partners, more than a dozen buy-outs of cyber security companies were announced this year, double the number in 2010.

In the interactive graphic below, hover over a company’s logo to see details of the deals it has been involved in.

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