Senior Product Marketing Manager David Bull oversees the messaging, positioning, packaging and pricing of McAfee’s Web and Email protection technologies, including both SaaS and on-premises form factors. With over 13 years of experience with both enterprise and SMB focused software, David joined McAfee through the acquisition of Secure Computing in 2008, where he held product management and product marketing positions driving the Unified Threat Management (UTM) product line. Prior to McAfee, David spent seven years in the enterprise content management space at Stellent (acquired by Oracle in 2006), serving in the sales, product marketing, and product management groups. He feels that one of the most rewarding and informative experiences within the security industry are engaging directly with current and potential McAfee customers and partners. David lives in the Denver, CO area and holds a B.S. in engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Colorado Christian University.
Cyber-attacks making headlines these days have resulted in embarrassing tweets, website defacement, and even theft of intellectual property. What’s the common thread in many of these events? Often, the inbox of an innocent employee. Whether it’s a low-tech phishing attack or embedded links leading to advanced malware, email still remains the most vulnerable and direct Read more…
Tags: Email & Web Security, Email Protection, hack, malware, phishing, security breach, Security-as-a-Service, social engineering
When is the last time you evaluated your email security solution? In the past, spam was the most pressing concern – but now the requirements have changed. Email has evolved into a more vulnerable communication channel than anyone ever imagined. The era of simple spam protection is over – we’ve got that covered. Now, advanced malware and Read more…
Tags: cloud security, Data Loss Prevention, Data Protection, email security, encryption, HIPAA, intellectual property, malware, Network Security, PCI Compliance, phishing, Spearphishing
The product teams here at McAfee work tirelessly to provide our customers with the best security technology available to minimize risk and enable their businesses to operate in a digital environment where new threats and vulnerabilities appear each day. We’re constantly looking at how organizations are operating in the evolving technology landscape, tailoring our products Read more…
Tags: cloud security, Email & Web Security, google, Microsoft, Network Security, Security-as-a-Service
2012 has come and gone, and with it we’ve seen one of the most disruptive trends in computing reach a critical mass – global adoption of mobile, internet-connected devices. This trend is great for people and business worldwide. It means connectivity. It means new customers. It also however, means more data and more attackers trying Read more…
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The line between personal and business technology is blurred more every day, and this means new challenges for every business. It is easy to see the trend in action – many employees use their personally owned smartphones, sites like Facebook, Dropbox, or even web-based mail clients such as Gmail now in a business environment. These Read more…
Tags: application control, applications, box.com, cloud, cloud based application, cloud security, corporate data, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, dropbox, facebook, IT, IT Security, Mcafee DLP, McAfee Web Gateway, security, technology, web gateway, web protection, web security, yousendit
The premise of our October #SecChat discussion was a concept that, without fail, rears its head in every Twitter chat we host. The idea is that no matter how sophisticated security technology becomes, users will always be the weakest link in an organization’s security program. Given this, we wanted to know what you, the security Read more…
Tags: #SecChat, Network Security
Often the weakest link in security is not technology, but the people who use it. All it takes is one employee to undermine even the most sophisticated security measures, but there are ways that IT security teams can minimize this risk. Thursday, 10/11 at 11am PT, join Pat Calhoun, SVP & GM, McAfee Network Security Read more…
Tags: #SecChat
Earlier this month, SC Magazine published a detailed and informative review of McAfee Email Protection by editor Peter Stephenson, a seasoned information security professional who now oversees SC Magazine’s respected segment of technology reviews. We’ve highlighted some key points of his analysis below, and we hope you’ll check out his full article on the SC Magazine Read more…
Tags: Email Protection, Network Security
Let’s assume you’re an IT professional. A major part of your job is to make sure the technology you adopt and deploy to your workforce enables productivity and helps the business run efficiently. You also need to make sure you evaluate any risk introduced to the security posture of your company by new technology. Experience Read more…
Tags: cloud security
“Social engineering works. It seems to tap into psychological factors that are part of the human nature.”1 We’ve all heard the story. A friend of a friend wires money to a family member stranded in a foreign country, desperate for cash to get back home. An article about a celebrity claimed to be deceased floods Read more…
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