AUSTIN, Texas – Dell Tuesday beefed up its security efforts with the acquisition of SecureWorks, a company that provides information-security services. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

With the acquisition, Dell said in a statement that it would use SecureWorks’ security-as-a-service applications-managed security, risk consulting and threat intelligence-to bolster its software lineup, CNET News.Com reported. SecureWorks provides security information management, log monitoring, intrusion prevention, vulnerability scanning, and other services.

SecureWorks, based in Atlanta, processes 13 billion security events a day. Customers include 1,500 banks and credit unions. Dell has been pushing IT as a service, but needs more acquisitions to round out its portfolio.

The deal is expected to close in early 2011.

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