Fortra today announced the winners of its inaugural Top Partner Awards. These prestigious accolades acknowledge the dedication and remarkable growth of companies that strive to further the Fortra brand in key markets around the globe.

Fortra announced today it has acquired the Core Security assets from SecureAuth. The assets acquired from SecureAuth are industry-leading solutions for identity governance and administration, penetration testing, threat detection, and vulnerability management.

Fortra has acquired the Core Security division of Irvine, Calif.-based SecureAuth Corp.

Fortra announced today that it has acquired MVP Systems Software, a leader in enterprise workload automation software

Long-time security expert, Pat Botz, recently joined Fortra. Botz goes way back in the computer industry. He wrote the Basic compiler and CAD tools for Control Data supercomputers and then lead the development of CAD tools for its AIX workstation line three decades ago. He eventually became a lead security architect for the IBM i platform, and left Big Blue a number of years ago to start his own security firm, Botz & Associates. Dan sat down to have a chat with Chris Heim, chief executive officer of Fortra, and John Vanderwall, vice president and business unit manager for security services at the company, as well as Botz, who now has a senior security services consultant position at the company.