McAfee, the US security software firm, has stumped up $20m cash for Onigma, a developer of data theft monitoring (http://www.onigma.com/ProductsOverview.php) software.

This will form the basis of McAfee Data Loss Prevention, a new host-based service helping enterprises to spy on staff and contractors in case they leak company info or indulge in some intellectual property theft jiggery-pokery.

Also the service will help customers meet regulatory requirements for compliance and data protection, Onigma says. This help with the federal form-filling does not appear to extend to stock option declarations (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/11/share_options_fraud_mcafee_cnet/).

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