As budgets for cybersecurity services increase, investors continue to pump money into the industry. And innovation by startups is perpetually drawing attention.

Its intelligence services will remain a standalone company under the Mandiant name, pending approval.

Advent International now is negotiating an "alternative" deal, the firm says.

The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year.

The scanner actually exploits vulnerabilities in order to avoid false positives.

Vitruvian Partners, a London-based private equity firm, acquired approximately 30 percent of Bitdefender from existing shareholder Axxess Capital.