Symantec Gets Boeing Cybersecurity Engineers in Narus Deal

Symantec Corp., which is planning to split its cybersecurity and data-storage divisions this year, struck a deal to hire 65 engineers and data scientists from Boeing Co.’s Narus security division, which makes network-monitoring technologies used by the U.S. government.

Symantec is also licensing technology from Narus, a company that Boeing bought in 2010, Symantec Chief Technology Officer Amit Mital wrote in a blog post today.