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Company Analysis in Security & Continuity

Intel reveals the fruits of its McAfee acquisition

 21 November 2011

DeepSAFE will work outside the operating system at chip level watching the hardware for signs of malware, says Intel CTO Justin Rattner

Has Anonymous attack been the making of HBGary?

 03 November 2011

Little-known security company says sales are up 85% since its run in with 'hacktivist' group Anonymous

Cost of cyber crime is not science fiction, says Detica

 04 May 2011

Security supplier defends its £23 billion esimate of the economic cost of cyber crime as a "first attempt" to close an information gap in the industry

FireEye throws virtual decoy at advanced persistent threats

 20 April 2011

Malware protection vendor says its technology can protect against the emerging breed of cyber attack that has claimed many high profile victims

Symantec’s continued diversification draws criticism

 18 June 2010

Security software vendor Symantec explains the logic behind its recent acquisitions in the encryption space, but not everyone is convinced

Webroot reroutes to the web

 17 May 2010

Anti-virus software vendor Webroot outlines its reasons for believing the future of enterprise security lies in the cloud

Check Point enjoys high margin on security

 12 March 2010

Security software vendor Check Point is successfully capitalising on the move to cloud computing and virtualisation

Security Innovation Award

 10 December 2009

Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security

SafeNet emerges from obscurity

 14 September 2009

Secure networking provider is poised to emerge from its anonymous role protecting US government and financial services infrastructure

Panda Security attempts global domination from the cloud

 14 August 2009

Smaller security companies like Panda are turning the cloud to their own benefit

Kaspersky Lab shrugs off cloudy competition

 17 June 2009

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of the Russian anti-virus vendor, tells Information Age how his company has benefited from Soviet-era investment in education

Security Innovation of the Year

 13 March 2009

The Information Age Award for Security Innovation of the Year was won by WebSense, and the runner-up was VeriSign

Plan B brings virtual disaster recovery to the mid-market

 11 December 2008

A virtualised managed-service can dramatically reduce the cost of redundancy, argues vendor

RIM touts BlackBerry’s uncrackability

 14 July 2008

The Indian goverment's loss is businesses' gain

Stats entertainment – Squatters’ wrongs

 17 June 2008

Tracking malicious cyber-squatters

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Financial Results in Security & Continuity
Company Period Revenue ($m) Rev Change (%)
McAfee Inc 4Q08 $424.0 19%
Sonicwall Inc 4Q08 $54.3 -3%
Trend Micro Inc 4Q08 $250.0 -8%
NCC Group* 2H08 $38.1 15%
Verisign Inc 3Q08 $246.1 14%
Verisign Inc 4Q08 $247.0 11%
       

* Figures converted to US dollars

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M&A in Security & Continuity
Acquirer Target Price ($m)
SecureWorks VeriSign's managed svcs div $45m
McAfee SolidCore Systems $33m
Trend Micro Third Brigade n/a
Symantec Mi5 Networks n/a
LogLogic Exaprotect n/a
Lumension Securityworks n/a
     
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