Microsoft today announced it
has acquired Aorato, an
enterprise security startup
founded in 2011 by veterans of
the Israel Defense Forces
technology units. Financial
details were not disclosed,
though previous rumors had
pegged the deal at around $200
million.
On its website, Aorato says it
will stop selling its Directory
Services Application Firewall
(DAF) product, which protects
organizations from advanced
targeted attacks. Instead, the
technology will likely be
integrated into Microsoft’s own
offerings, which should not be
a surprise given that the
behavior-monitoring firewall is
specifically designed for
Windows Server Active
Directory. “As part of Microsoft,
we will share more on the
future direction and packaging
of these capabilities at a later
time,” the Aorato
announcement states.
Aorato’s software offers an
Organizational Security Graph, a
continuously-updated view of
all of the people and machines
accessing an organization’s
Windows Server Active
Directory, which most
enterprises use for storing user
identities and administering
access to critical business
applications and systems.
Microsoft says most of its
enterprise customers should
thus be able to take advantage
of Aorato’s technology.
Microsoft Azure, the company’s
cloud computing platform, is
the most likely candidate for
potential integration.

Source:http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/13/microsoft-confirms-acquisition-of-enterprise-security-startup-aorato/