Customers sometimes ask how McAfee corporate announcements relate to the public sector, so I decided to talk about two recent ones: the pending Stonesoft acquisition and the new Endpoint Suites offering. Both these developments make us an even stronger, more comprehensive security company, and they further strengthen our Security Connected platform. Our proposed acquisition of Read more…
Tags: Aquisition, critical infastucture, DeepDefender, Gartner, government, intrusion prevention, Ken Kartsen, McAfee Endpoint Suites, McAfee Network Intrusion Prevention Systems, Public Sector, Security Connected, Stonesoft, Stonesoft Aquisition
On May 5, 2013 we announced our intent to acquire Stonesoft, a leading innovator in firewall technology. In fact, in 2013 Gartner positioned Stonesoft in the “Visionary” quadrant of its Network Security Firewall Magic Quadrant. We are very excited, as evident by Pat Calhoun’s latest blog, about what this potentially means to our network security Read more…
Tags: Email & Web Security, firewall, Gartner, intrusion prevention, IPS, Network Security, pat calhoun, Stonesoft, web security
Recently, McAfee Canada hosted 15 senior network security executives at a CISO roundtable event in Toronto. It was actually a sit down dinner, not a bar and the discussion was moderated by Gartner Research VP Greg Young. The very lively discussion centered around the Future of Network Security and ventured into other topics like securing Read more…
Tags: byod, Canada, cloud, cloud security, cyber security, DLP, firewall, Gartner, IPS, IT Security, IT Security market, McAfee, Network Security, NGFW, Security Connected
Earlier this month, Gartner published its annual Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, which evaluates vendors who offer Mobile Data Protection (MDP) products on both ability to execute and completeness of vision. We believe integration of MDP into McAfee’s Total Protection suites and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) management architecture is among the most successful by Read more…
Tags: Gartner, Mobile Data Protection
Last month, Gartner published its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention Systems. As in previous years, Gartner’s 2012 results show McAfee as a leader in what has become a very competitive vendor landscape. Gartner states that “the capabilities of IPS products need to adapt to changing threats, and next-generation IPSs (NGIPSs) have evolved in Read more…
Tags: Gartner, IPS, Magic Quadrant, Security Connected
In my last post I wrote about how McAfee believes that investing in people is just as important as investing in core technology. No more than a week later, my views and the company strategy were confirmed by industry analysts as McAfee was recognized as a “Leader” in the Gartner 2012 Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Read more…
Tags: 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant, Gartner, Network IPS, Network Security
Following our acquisition of NitroSecurity last year, we have been working towards fully integrating their Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology into our portfolio of solutions. McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (the fruit of our combined efforts) recently received a 5-star rating from SC Magazine, and now we are proud to announce that McAfee has Read more…
Tags: ESM, Gartner, NitroSecurity, SIEM
Virtualized servers and desktops have increasingly become the norm in many enterprise environments. As a result, vendors are beginning to adapt their endpoint protection platforms to meet these changing needs. But not all security vendors are created equal. Organizations need to be aware of the different approaches available among vendors, and can’t assume that their Read more…
Tags: Gartner, Virtualization
Most mobile device applications have serious security vulnerabilities. These flaws include the storage and transmission of unencrypted data, poor session handling, and data leakage. McAfee addresses many of the management and compliance challenges through its Mobile Security Strategy. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Mobile Security Project focuses on the security of the applications Read more…
Tags: application security, Gartner, mobile security, OWASP, ViaForensics
This week I’d like to have a “deep” conversation about last week’s highlights, which included; the unveiling of a technology platform that will reshape security, an anti-theft technology for Ultrabooks, a Channel Partner Town Hall, a recent McAfee study that identifies the most dangerous celebrities in cyberspace, another “leader” magic quadrant achievement this time in Read more…
Tags: Annual Partner Survey, Channel Partner Town Hall, DeepSAFE, Gartner, heidi klum, Mobile Data Protection, Paul Otellini, Ultrabook
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