Some news out of this week’s RSA conference in San Francisco caught our attention back east: Iconic cybersecurity company McAfee announced plans to acquire Catonsville-based Light Point Security.

When the deal finalizes, Light Point Security cofounders Zuly Gonzalez and Beau Adkins are slated to move to California and join Santa Clara-based McAfee, the companies said. Terms were not disclosed.

Light Point Security, which has long been based at bwtech@UMBC, specializes in browser isolation. To prevent malware from getting in via web browser, Light Point’s technology can isolate browser sessions in a remote environment, which exists outside of a company’s network.

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