3536bSymantec announced today that it will be hiring 65 engineers and technical staff from Narus, a cybersecurity company and Boeing subsidiary, as a part of a partnership between the two companies.

Narus, which was acquired in 2010, is a cybersecurity-focused big data analytics firm. Symantec wanted the employees that it’s bringing on board for their “hard-to-find” expertise in machine learning, security, big data analytics and networking, and will be putting them to work on the company’s Unified Security platform.

Boeing will retain control of Narus’s intellectual property and licensing, even as the company’s employees move over to Symantec. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Narus had around 150 employees based in Silicon Valley and Bangalore, India at the time of the acquisition. Most of those who weren’t hired by Symantec have been laid off, though a small number of former employees have been given other positions inside Boeing.

The Narus deal is the result of Boeing trying to find new ways to monetize what it got out of the company’s acquisition. Company spokesperson Andy Lee told GeekWire in an email that its expectations for Narus hadn’t worked out as expected.

“When we acquired Narus in 2010, we did so expecting a number of new market opportunities to emerge for the company’s unique set of commercial enterprise cybersecurity and big data products and services,” he said. “When those opportunities did not materialize as anticipated, we looked for other ways to leverage the impressive talent pool and intellectual property developed by Narus.”

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