The US Central Intelligence Agency's strategic investment arm has realized its investment in SignaCert a year after backing the cyber-defence company's second round of funding.

The US Central Intelligence Agency’s strategic investment arm has realized its investment in SignaCert a year after backing the cyber-defence company’s second round of funding.

New York-listed Harris Corp has agreed to acquire SignaCert for an undisclosed sum.

In-Q-Tel, an independent, not-for-profit strategic investment firm launched by the CIA in 1999 and that has backed 150 companies, joined SignaCert’s $8.8m B round in April last year, which was also backed by return investor Intel Capital, the in-house venture capital…