SecureWorks Closes On $31.5 Million Of New Funding

Published July 26, 2009, 12:41 p.m. EDT

Updated August 27, 2020, 12:33 a.m. EDT

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ATLANTA – SecureWorks, which has been in the forefront of detecting new malware plaguing credit unions, has obtained $31.5 million in new funding.

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Proceeds are expected to be used to finance the company’s $50 million acquisition of VeriSign’s managed security services business unit. The deal gave SecureWorks a customer base of 2,600 clients.

The company's investors include GE Capital, Mellon Bank, Noro-Moseley Partners, SBK Capital, ITC Holdings, and Alliance Technology Ventures.

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