Optiv beefs up federal presence with Md. acquisition
Daily Record Staff//March 14, 2023//

Cyber advisory company Optiv announced Tuesday it acquired Hanover-based ClearShark LLC and ClearShark Services Inc., an adviser and reseller of cybersecurity and modernization technology to the United States federal government.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The transaction more than doubles Optiv’s federal presence, while significantly deepening its bench of government expertise and expanding the breadth of its federal capabilities.
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