McAfee was close to buying ArcSight a few years ago but the board was reluctant to do another multi-hundred million dollar acquisition so the company passed. McAfee knew it needed security management to round out its portfolio so it was only a matter of time until it pulled the trigger. Security management tools need situational awareness up and down the technology stack, extremely deep network analytics, and massive scale. Nitro Security is gaining market attention due to two of its strengths: scalability and analystics.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2220778/mcafee-acquires-nitro-security.html