McAfee maakt bekend dat het Onigma Ltd heeft overgenomen. Onigma Ltd is een leverancier van databeveiligingsoplossingen die monitoren, rapporteren en voorkomen dat vertrouwelijke data het bedrijf verlaat.
Deze overname past in het vandaag eerder gepubliceerde persbericht waarin McAfee details onthulde van haar management strategie op het gebied van beveiligingsrisico’s. Hiermee voorziet zij bedrijven van een effectievere manier om de risico’s van beveiligingsbedreigingen en non-compliance te minimaliseren. Deze strategie bouwt voort op McAfee’s kerncompetenties op het gebied van threat prevention door nieuwe compliance management mogelijkheden toe te voegen, inclusief remediation, network access control en data loss prevention.
Met de overname en integratie van het eerder overgenomen Preventsys en SiteAdvisor is McAfee de eerste die threat prevention integreert met compliance management.
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PERSBERICHT
MCAFEE, INC. ACQUIRES ONIGMA LTD.
- Announces McAfee Data Loss Prevention Solution, offering the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Protection
- Builds on Security Risk Management Strategy by Adding Data Loss Prevention Capabilities
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 16, 2006 – McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced that it has acquired Onigma Ltd, a privately-held provider of data protection solutions that monitor, report and prevent confidential data from leaving the enterprise. This $20 million cash acquisition advances McAfee’s strategy of offering its enterprise customers a comprehensive security risk management approach to managing security and compliance (see press release titled, “MCAFEE, INC. ANNOUNCES SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY”).
“Customers have been asking us for robust protection against the risks associated with the loss of confidential data and intellectual property,” said Christopher Bolin, chief technology officer and executive vice president, McAfee, Inc. “Onigma gives us additional capabilities and expertise to help customers reduce the risk associated with compliance violations, corporate governance concerns, internal policy infractions and information leaks.”
Through the acquisition of Onigma’s industry leading content-based data loss prevention (DLP) product, McAfee® is announcing its host-based data loss prevention solution called McAfee Data Loss Prevention. It will help protect enterprises from the risk associated with unauthorized transfer of data from within or outside of the organization.
“Today nearly all corporate information exists in electronic form, accessible to almost any employee and contractor,” said Brian Burke, research manager at IDC. “Additionally, much of the information is stored on PCs and laptops, making it critical to protect data at its source from any method of communication by client systems.”
McAfee Data Loss Prevention monitors and protects proprietary and confidential information, including trade secrets, intellectual property, legal and financial documentations, client communications and personal information. It can enable the prevention of transmission of data in accordance with established corporate security policies. McAfee Data Loss Prevention capabilities include:
- Universal protection that prevents confidential data loss through the broadest set of communication channels
- Content-aware data protection protects against the transmission of sensitive data even if it is copied/pasted, screen captured from the original source and/or zipped or encrypted
- “Protection on the Go” prevents the transmission of sensitive data from endpoints and laptops, no matter where the user goes and regardless of network connection status
McAfee Secure Internet Gateway complements the McAfee Data Loss Prevention Host solution by protecting against data loss from non-Windows devices such as Blackberries. By adopting a hybrid (i.e. network and host) approach to DLP, McAfee offers the comprehensive data loss prevention capabilities organizations demand. Many organizations that had initially deployed a gateway only DLP solution are now opting to add host-based DLP since gateway DLP solutions cannot protect against the transmission of sensitive data through non-networked communication channels such as applications enabling copy/paste, screen capture or print capabilities. Furthermore, gateway DLP solutions cannot prevent the transfer of data to physical devices via USB drives or other removable devices.
“Addressing the problem of data leakage from inside the organization is a complex challenge,” said Liad Agmon, co-founder and chief technology officer, Onigma. ”McAfee is now well positioned to offer broad and universal protection that enforces the enterprise’s compliance of IT security policies governing the flow of data, regardless of the format in which is it stored or manipulated, even if data has been copied, pasted, zipped or encrypted. This proactive technology complements McAfee’s approach to security risk management, and will help its users address the problem of information leakage before it happens.”
McAfee will discuss the impact of this acquisition on quarterly performance when it provides guidance on its third quarter earnings conference call, Thursday, October 26th.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements including those regarding the effect of the acquisition on McAfee’s security risk management capabilities, anticipated product development efforts, product release schedules, integration efforts and product functionality. Actual results may vary, perhaps materially, from those contained in the forward-looking statements and the expected results may not occur. For example, McAfee may not be able to successfully integrate Onigma’s products on the anticipated time line or at all and Onigma technology once integrated with McAfee's other products may not perform as anticipated. In addition, actual results are subject to other risks, including that McAfee may not succeed in its efforts to grow its business, build upon its technology leadership or capture market share, notwithstanding related commitment or related investment. More information on risks and uncertainties related to McAfee and its business may be found in the company's quarterly and annual reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described in the above press release are at the sole discretion of McAfee
About Onigma Ltd.
Headquartered in Israel, with a subsidiary in New-York, Onigma Ltd is driven by a group of highly recognized security experts and professionals, many of whom are veterans of the elite Electronics R&D Department of the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global leader in intrusion prevention and risk management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security.
http://www.mcafee.com.
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NOTE: McAfee, ePO and ePolicy Orchestrator are registered trademarks of McAfee, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. McAfee Red in connection with security is distinctive of McAfee brand products. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners. © 2006 McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved.
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PERSBERICHT
MCAFEE, INC. ANNOUNCES SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
- First to Integrate Security and Compliance, McAfee Leverages Recent Acquisitions to Meet Changing Customers’ Needs
- Builds on Company Strategy by Adding Data Loss Prevention Capabilities
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 16, 2006 – McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today outlined details of its security risk management strategy, providing enterprises with a more effective way to minimize risks from security threats and non-compliance. This strategy builds on McAfee’s core strengths in threat prevention, by adding new compliance management capabilities including remediation, network access control and data loss prevention (See corresponding press release titled, “MCAFEE, INC. ACQUIRES ONIGMA LTD,” October 16). With the acquisition and integration of Preventsys® and SiteAdvisor™ technology, McAfee, Inc. becomes the first to integrate threat prevention with compliance management, providing enterprises with greater automation, operational efficiency and protection of their investments.
Changing Customer Needs
Growing compliance and regulatory requirements, coupled with changing threat environments, have forced enterprises to re-think how they approach and manage security. McAfee® security risk management is a comprehensive approach to controlling risks critical to IT operations, and McAfee is the first to deliver a solution that meet this critical need with existing McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® infrastructure. “From conversations with our customers, it is clear that enterprises spend an enormous amount of time and money to manage security risks and to demonstrate compliance,” said Chris Kenworthy, senior vice president, McAfee, Inc. “Security is more than just a version number, and McAfee is the first and only company to provide a comprehensive approach that encompasses both threat prevention and compliance.”
Market Opportunity
“For years, organizations have focused security efforts on external threats posed by the explosive growth of viruses, spam, blended threats and spyware,” said Brian Burke, research analyst at IDC. “The situation is now beginning to change, especially in light of new information-intensive government and industry regulations that require organizations to protect the integrity of customer and employee personal information and corporate digital assets. As noncompliance may result in substantial fines and executive liability, organizations are realizing that information leakage by insiders is a threat that can no longer be underestimated.”1 According to IDC, the worldwide security compliance and control market was valued at approximately $5.79USD billion in 2005 and is forecasted to grow to $14.92 billion in 2010. This represents a 20.8 percent compound annual growth rate over the five year forecast period.2
McAfee’s Approach
A comprehensive security risk management approach must include threat prevention capabilities such as anti-virus, intrusion prevention, and anti-spyware - all integrated with compliance management capabilities such as policy enforcement, vulnerability remediation, network access control, audit, and data loss prevention.
The McAfee approach to security risk management has three major benefits for businesses:
- Enables them to turn policy into action by automating enforcement of IT security policies which ensures protection and compliance.
- Allows companies gain operational efficiency with consolidated administration points that streamline processes.
- Helps companies protect their existing investments by adding new capabilities for protection or compliance to the installed McAfee agent that is managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® and without the need for additional infrastructure.
McAfee Delivers on Strategy
McAfee’s security risk management strategy is bolstered by recent acquisitions. McAfee has a strong record of integrating its acquisitions into ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO™), the industry’s most popular security management console. With ePO deployed in 31% of enterprises, and on 45 million computers, McAfee is well positioned to execute on its vision of automation and centralized management.
Comprehensive and Integrated
Like Preventsys and SiteAdvisor products, McAfee plans to integrate newly acquired Citadel™ products into ePO, eliminating the pain of installing new clients.
- Citadel™ Security will provide McAfee’s customers with leading solutions in security policy compliance and vulnerability remediation.
- Preventsys® integration now delivers a way for existing ePO customers to import network and asset data into McAfee Preventsys Compliance Auditor for advanced reporting
- SiteAdvisor™ integration now provides enterprise customers with a pioneering Web safety solution that tests and rates nearly every trafficked site on the Internet for spyware, viruses, exploits, online scams and spam
Data Loss Prevention
The acquisition of Onigma Ltd, a privately-held provider of data protection technology, provides a solution that monitors, reports and prevents confidential data from leaving the enterprise. McAfee Data Loss Prevention will monitor and protect proprietary and confidential information, including trade secrets, intellectual property, legal and financial documentations, client communications and personal information. It enables the prevention of transmission of data in accordance with established corporate security policies.
McAfee Network Access Control (NAC)
At the core of McAfee’s network access control solution is the new version of McAfee Policy Enforcer 2.0. Network access control is a component of McAfee’s overall approach to security risk management. McAfee NAC leverages existing IT investments, and supports heterogeneous network and system environments. The McAfee solution has both protection and compliance components, which deliver system policy control and network enforcement. The McAfee NAC solution is part of McAfee Total Protection for Enterprise—Advanced, which offers a single agent and is integrated into McAfee’s single management console.
Power of M Campaign
The security risk management strategy will be supported by a new brand marketing campaign, the “Power of M™” which is designed to communicate how the company has evolved from its beginnings as a provider of anti-virus software, to becoming a global leader in comprehensive security, to a current leadership position in security risk management. The campaign emphasizes that McAfee’s security risk management approach offers customers “exponentially better” security and compliance.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global leader in intrusion prevention and security risk management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security.
http://www.mcafee.com.
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NOTE: McAfee, Preventsys, SiteAdvisor, Citadel, ePolicy Orchestrator, ePO, and Power of M are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. McAfee Red in connection with security is distinctive of McAfee brand products. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners. © 2006 McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved.
[1] IDC, Worldwide Outbound Content Compliance 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis: IT Security Turns Inside Out, Doc #34260, November 2005)
2 IDC, "Worldwide Security Compliance and Control 2006 - 2010 Forecast and Analysis: Going Beyond Compliance to Proactive Risk Management," September 2006, #203350