McAfee President Dave DeWalt Resigns; Firm Adds Two Co-Presidents
After four years of serving as head of McAfee, President Dave DeWalt is stepping down from his position but will remain on the board of directors as an nonemployee. The firm also announced it is creating an office of the president, adding Michael DeCesare and Todd Gebhart as co-presidents. The duo will report to Renee [...]
Dave DeWalt, Other Cyber Luminaries to Join Obama’s Telecom Advisory Committee
May 31, 2011 No CommentPresident Barack Obama has announced he intends to appoint McAfee President Dave DeWalt to serve on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which advises and provides recommendations to the president and other federal leaders on security issues that relate to U.S. telecommunications systems. “I am honored by this appointment and thankful that the administration believes [...]
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McAfee announced today it is looking to buy privately held Sentrigo, a provider of database security and compliance, assessment, monitoring and intrusion prevention solutions. The proposed transaction will merge best-in-class technologies to stop database attacks, diagnose and assess the database environment, provide complete visibility into all transactions leveraging McAfee and Sentrigo’s Database Audit and Database [...]
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Intel Corporation yesterday announced the acquisition of McAfee, Inc. has been completed. McAfee will continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand. The firms plan to bring the first results of their strategic partnership to market later this year, with the intent of tackling security and the ever-present nature of cyber [...]
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Gary Locke, Howard Schmidt to Speak on National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
January 7, 2011 No CommentCommerce Secretary Gary Locke and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt are today visiting Stanford University to deliver remarks on the next steps in cybersecurity and the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, followed by a panel discussion featuring industry pros such as McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt. Through its soon-to-be-released National Strategy for [...]
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The growing popularity of mobile devices and their many applications is already being exploited by hackers who are in the game to steal valuable personal information. “We think 2011 is the year of the threat to the mobile device, particularly the mobile app,” Dave DeWalt, McAfee Inc CEO, told The Canadian Press. With new computer [...]
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McAfee Chief Executive Officer Dave DeWalt has outlined an initiative for what the company calls “McAfee 3.0″: matching McAfee’s security platforms with hardware from new parent company Intel to provide better protection, not only at the PC and server software level, but in the network appliance, embedded system and cloud-computing areas, v3.co.uk reports. During his [...]
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In an effort to fight cyber crime and to support National Cyber Security Month, McAfee, Inc. has announced several cyber-education initiatives aimed at teaching younger citizens about how to surf safely. “With online scams becoming harder to identify, especially for kids, we felt this was an important way to give back to the community,” said [...]
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McAfee CEO and President Dave DeWalt kicked off an annual customer conference in Sydney, Australia, by addressing the one issue on everyone’s mind: the proposed acquisition by Intel. Although he was unable to provide details on the deal that is yet to close, DeWalt told customers and partners that McAfee planned to remain innovative and autonomous, [...]
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In order to build cyber capabilities, companies have one of two options; invest into expanding your own offerings by building the capabilities into your company structure or acquire a company that already has the capabilities you are seeking. Last week, Harris Corporation and Symantec each announced several acquisition moves. McAfee (NYSE:MFE) has also joined the [...]
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