Full Description

McAfee, Inc., incorporated in 1992, is a dedicated security technology company that secures systems and networks from known and unknown threats. It allows home users, businesses, government agencies, service providers and its partners with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security and compliance. The Company operates its business in five geographic regions: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Japan, Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan; and Latin America. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired ScanAlert, Inc., Reconnex, Inc. and Secure Computing Corporation. Its products include Artemis Technology, McAfee Unified Secure Access, Total Protection for Secure Business, McAfee Avert Labs, Expert Services, Foundstone services and McAfee technical. Its product lines are system security, network security and vulnerability and risk management. In June 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of privately owned Solidcore Systems, Inc. In September 2009, McAfee, Inc. completed the acquisition of privately owned MX Logic, Inc.

System Security Offerings

The Company’s system security portfolio includes endpoint protection, data protection, and mobile security protection. Endpoint protection encompasses security solutions for consumer and corporate computer systems, including servers, desktop and laptop computers, handheld voice and data phones, and other devices that are connected to corporate systems and networks and home personal computer (PC). Its data loss prevention technology prevents unintentional data loss that occurs through unauthorized transmission or through theft or loss of devices that contain sensitive information. Its endpoint protection and data protection offerings include anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-spam, desktop firewall, host intrusion prevention, web security, device control, and endpoint encryption products. McAfee mobile security solutions protect mobile operators and their users by safeguarding mobile terminals, applications, and content. Its mobile security offerings limit the spread of mobile malware, inappropriate content, and unsolicited messaging.

Network Security Offerings

The Company’s products in Network security offerings apply to corporate network boundaries and provide the same type of security measures that endpoint protection provides for servers, laptops, and other devices. Network protection encompasses firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, Web, e-mail, and data loss protection security appliances. Network security appliances provide policy enforcement and threat detection, and prevention across network boundaries. E-mail protection includes spam filtering, virus, spyware and worm protection, and content encryption for e-mail traffic. It also includes McAfee SiteAdvisor and McAfee SECURE Web security products. It helps protect Internet users from a range of security threats, including spyware and other malicious downloads, spam, and identity theft scams. SiteAdvisor also provides customers a search tool bar that eliminates red-rated sites on search engine. SiteAdvisor is included as a feature in each of its consumer product suites.

Vulnerability and Risk Management Offerings

The Company’s vulnerability and risk management offerings identify and resolve security policy and regulatory issues in a measurable and sustainable manner. It helps companies meet security compliance objectives across their entire organization, from identification of security risks and enforcement of security policies to compliance audits for industry and government security regulations. Vulnerability manager can be integrated with McAfee Risk and Compliance Manager, McAfee Policy Auditor, and McAfee Remediation Manager to provide advanced risk mitigation, which furthers regulatory compliance.

The Company provides technical support to its customers through online, telephone-based, and on-site technical support services. It provides tailored support to multi-nationals and government departments. During 2008, the Company introduced Gold, Gold Select, Platinum and Platinum Select support offerings.

The Company competes with Symantec Corp., Trend Micro, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Sophos Plc, Cisco Systems, Inc., IBM, Juniper Networks, Inc., Blue Coat Systems, Inc., Websense, Inc., Trend Micro, Inc., Barracuda Networks Inc., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Sourcefire, Inc., 3Com Corporation, EMC Corporation, Google, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., IBM Qualys, nCircle, Novell, Inc., Kaspersky, AVG, F-Secure Corporation and AhnLab Inc.