Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Monday, July 12th, 2021.

I'm Brian McCullough.

Today is Infosec, the new FinTech when it comes to investor Hotness.

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Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Sources are telling Bloomberg that Microsoft has agreed to acquire SAS Security Intelligence

Company Risk IQ.

A source says Microsoft will pay over $500 million for the company if these rumors actually

pan out.

Quote, San Francisco-based Risk IQ makes cloud software for detecting security threats, helping clients understand where and

how they can be attacked on complex webs of corporate networks and devices.

Its customers include Facebook, BMW, American Express, and the U.S. Postal Service, according to the company's

website.

Known for its annual report on security called The Evil Internet Minute, Risk IQ has raised $83 million from firms like Summit Partners and Battery Ventures, according to

Crunchbase.

It was founded in 2009.

A spokesman for Microsoft declined to comment and Risk IQ didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

But Microsoft has been adding security features to products like Windows and its Azure Cloud services to protect individual machines and detect attacks on networks.

The company has also added personnel who probe Microsoft's own products for vulnerabilities,

help clients clean up after a cyber attack, and runs a lab called the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center that

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