Test company Rohde & Schwarz has moved to consolidate its cybersecurity focus in a new subsidiary company, Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity GmbH, with the aim of becoming a dominant force in the network security market in Europe.
R&S made several network security-related acquisitions in the past two years, including IT security and firewall company Gateprotect; Sirrix, which focuses on encryption and secure virtualization and cloud; and next-generation firewall specialist company Adyton Systems. R&S is combining those assets with its existing network security operations at its Rohde & Schwarz SIT unit and also said its deep packet inspection company ipoque will contribute expertise to the security portfolio.
The shift will mean some re-organization for Rohde & Schwarz SIT, with its Stuttgart location focusing on radiocommunications encryption and its end-to-end encryption and network security groups in Berlin. Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity will have almost 400 employees at six locations in Germany, the company said, and noted  that its “existing cybersecurity expertise will be enhanced with outside impetus” — so more acquisitions could be on the table.
Ammar Alkassar, formerly CEO of Sirrix, will lead the new Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity, joined by Reik Hesselbarth as CFO. Hesselbarth was previously managing director of ipoque.
“The IT and network security market today is fragmented in both Germany and Europe,” Alkassar said in a statement. “There are no strong providers like we see in the United States. We will rise to this challenge and develop Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity into a key solutions provider in Europe. We can achieve this by combining start-ups with the security and infrastructure of a global, successful high tech company – that’s a unique opportunity.”
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