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Raytheon Acquires Cybersecurity Firm Pikewerks

By TechTaffy Desk

Raytheon has acquired Pikewerks Corporation, a privately held company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Pikewerks products include Electronic Armor, an anti-exploitation software tool, and Second Look, a software capability for live, in-memory forensic analysis of operating systems.

Pikewerks is based in Madison, Ala., with offices in Alexandria, Va., Seattle and San Antonio. Pikewerks’ founder and President Sandy Ring, and CEO Michael Ring, will remain with the company.

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