Symantec, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies, closed its giant acquisition of Blue Coat Systems in August, ushering in a new regime under incoming CEO Greg Clark.
He hasn’t wasted much time in disparaging upstarts in the market, either, including the well-funded, venture-backed companies Cylance, Tanium and Carbon Black.
Now, lawsuits may be next. To wit, Symantec last week filed a lawsuit against one of its partners, Zscaler, saying the cloud security vendor has infringed on seven of its patents, including around web security and threat prevention.
