The subject of security is one of the most important, if not the most important issue affecting organizations that have a digital presence. Whether it is a small mom-and-pop operation with a local website, or a multinational organization such as Facebook (News - Alert) with hundreds of millions of users each and every month, the threat is very real for both parties. In order to deal with this problem, Facebook has just acquired PrivateCore, a developer of software designed to authenticate and secure server data, with the goal of ensuring the information of its users are protected at all times.

In a statement released by PrivateCore CEO, Oded Horovitz,, he said being acquired by Facebook will allow his company to scale with incredible impact, which is put it mildly considering the capital Facebook is spending for key acquisitions.

Founded in 2012 by former VMware and Google (News - Alert) security experts, PrivateCore has since its launch set out to protect servers from malware, unauthorized access and malicious hardware devices. Since Facebook has more than several hundred thousand servers handling the more than one trillion page views each month, ensuring they are protected at all times will now become the job of PrivatCore.

A Facebook spokesperson told CNET, "PrivateCore and Facebook share a vision of a more connected, secure world. We plan to deploy PrivateCore's groundbreaking technology into Facebook's server stack to help further our mission to protect the people who use our service."

Facebook demonstrated how much it values the safety of its users by partnering with Trend Micro and F-Secure (News - Alert) earlier this year to provide free anti-malware scanning that sends alerts if the device you are using becomes infected.

PrivateCore's vCage technology protects servers and virtual machines running on the servers to deliver a secure cloud computing foundation. The vCage software verifies the integrity of the servers, hardens the environment to minimize attack surfaces, and secures data-in-use (memory) with encryption. Because compromising one computing node can threaten the security of the entire compute infrastructure across a wide geographical environment, vCage protects the entire structure from persistent threats, securing servers for sensitive applications on cloud infrastructure.

"Since the beginning, we have worked tirelessly on our technology to protect servers from malware threats, unauthorized physical access, and malicious hardware devices. Over time, Facebook plans to deploy our technology into the Facebook stack to help protect the people who use Facebook. We know we will learn and grow as we continue developing our technology and making it stronger," said Horovitz

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.