Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday announced a $100 million agreement to buy venture-backed Securent Inc., a three-year-old company that makes security software to help companies better manage different tiers of application users.Mountain View, Calif.-based Securent, which has 57 employees, has received venture financing from Greylock Partners of San Mateo, Calif., and Onset Ventures of Menlo Park, Calif. Securent makes so-called policy management software, which advances security beyond basic gatekeeper, or single sign-on, technology to enable companies to manage different security levels for different employees.
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