McAfee has reached a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned NitroSecurity, leading provider of security information and event management solutions. NitroSecurity’s analytical tools speed users ability to identify, correlate and remedy threats. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Upon completion of the proposed acquisition, McAfee and NitroSecurity will combine security management …

A new survey from McAfee suggests that there is a serious disconnect between security perceptions and the reality among IT Enterprise security managers.  The “2011 Data Center Security Survey,” conducted by Gabriel Consulting Group, examined security issues among 147 enterprise data center managers. Nearly half of respondents constantly find new …

  McAfee has today announced the appointment of Jean-Claude Broido as president of McAfee Japan who will be responsible for the company’s consumer and enterprise business. Broido has more than 30 years of experience in sales and market leadership in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Japan. He most recently served …

Consumers place an average value of $37,438 on the “digital assets” they own across multiple digital devices yet more than a third lack protection across all of those devices, according to a new McAfee survey. In the U.S., people valued their assets at a higher figure than anywhere else, at …

McAfee has made available a cross-security device solution for individuals and families, empowering them to protect their Internet-connected devices. McAfee All Access enables consumers, from console, to secure smartphones, tablets, netbooks, PCs, and Macs with security protection for each device. The program allows consumers to secure their data and systems, safeguard …

With an explosive growth of mobile devices and evolving threat vectors, McAfee voices its vision of the changes needed in order to secure mobile devices in corporate environments. McAfee has a three-pronged plan for protecting mobile devices, mobile data and mobile applications designed to assist businesses and consumers in managing …

Gartner, Inc. placed McAfee in the Leaders Quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection.” Gartner’s report evaluates 14 vendors offering mobile data protection products and chooses leaders based on products that work for Garnet clients in both small and large deployments. The ability to execute a full vision and to …

McAfee and Intel are collaborating to develop anti-theft software for Ultrabook devices leveraging unique, Intel chip-level technologies providing device and data protection for consumers. With users increasing mobility and the rapid growing numbers of laptops and mobile computing devices purchases, the risk of theft and loss is increasing too. This …

A search for Heidi Klum could land users with a malware-ridden computer according to McAfee research. For the fifth consecutive year, McAfee researched popular culture’s most famous people revealing the riskiest celebrities on the Web. The McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities study found movie stars and models to be more dangerous while singers …

McAfee unveils DeepSAFE to provide a new approach to security within the ever-changing world of cyber threats. DeepSAFE was demonstrated by McAfee at Intel Developer Forum during Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini’s keynote. “This is a tremendous shift for McAfee and one of the biggest innovations in the security industry’s history,” …

McAfee today announced the global availability of two new certification exams supporting the McAfee Security Certification Program. The exams are built to demonstrate competency around the effective installation, configuration and administration of key McAfee products. The two new exams focus on the McAfee Network Security Platform and McAfee Host Intrusion …

McAfee will discuss how traditional security models must change in order to secure data center and private cloud environments at the VMworld 2011 Conference. Businesses have evolved from needing to secure endpoints, networks, devices and services to securing the cloud. In a place where data and information are connected, security …

McAfee released the McAfee “Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011” showing a 76 percent jump of malware directed toward Android devices making it the most attacked mobile operating system. With the vast amounts of personal and business data now found on user’s mobile phones, mobile malware is steadily increasing, often mimicking …

McAfee today announced that nine new partners have joined the Security Innovation Alliance, a technology partnering program. New partners include: Anomalous Networks, Authernative, Avecto, FireMon, Guident Technologies, Hitachi ID Systems, Inc., Invincea, Reflex Systems, and Solera Networks. “We are pleased to welcome these new partners to the SIA ecosystem,” said …

McAfee released today a study that found the majority of online shoppers question the security of their personal information when purchasing items on the Internet.  According to the study, which was conducted by Harris Interactive, only about a third of online consumers believe that most websites are safe for shopping, …