Upgrades IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Solutions and Responds to
Changing Customer Needs
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RSA Security
Conference -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the formation of a
new business unit focused on IT governance, risk and compliance. The new
Risk and Compliance Business Unit will focus on driving innovation and
extending McAfee's lead in security risk management. Led by George Kurtz,
senior vice president and general manager at McAfee, the business unit will
accelerate McAfee's leadership position in the rapidly growing governance,
risk and compliance market.
Government regulations and corporate policies demand that businesses
prove their ability to comply with IT security policies designed to
minimize risk. The Risk and Compliance Business Unit will provide McAfee
with a greater focus on aggressively enhancing, integrating and adding
content to its current risk and compliance offerings. The company will also
concentrate efforts to include tighter cross-product integration with other
McAfee products.
"Organizations face an ever increasing array of policies and
regulations," said Dave DeWalt, CEO and president of McAfee. "As a result,
governance, risk and compliance is a rapidly growing and continuously
evolving part of our industry. Formation of the McAfee Risk and Compliance
Business Unit positions us well to leverage our compliance expertise and
build on our strengths to simplify the Enterprise challenges in this
important area."
Strong Leadership and Superior Execution Benefits Customers
McAfee's new business unit combines market expertise, strong leadership
and proven execution that enables highly regulated and distributed
organizations to automate critical business processes and achieve a faster
time to compliance through the industry's most comprehensive and integrated
solutions. The new business unit will be headed by George Kurtz, an
internationally recognized security expert and author who has served in a
variety of leadership roles at McAfee. Previously, Kurtz was CEO of
Foundstone, Inc., which was acquired by McAfee in October of 2004.
"Risk and compliance is the number one driver of security investment,"
said George Kurtz, senior vice president and general manager, risk and
compliance business unit at McAfee. "We're launching the Risk and
Compliance Business Unit to drive innovation, streamline execution, provide
a stronger focus for customers -- and most importantly, ensure superior
customer satisfaction."
Driving Operational Efficiency for Customers
McAfee has also extended its risk and compliance product portfolio with
the new version of McAfee(R) Vulnerability Manager 6.5 (formerly known as
Foundstone Enterprise). McAfee Vulnerability Manager helps security
administrators to quickly and accurately find and prioritize
vulnerabilities and policy violations on networked systems. It enables
enterprises to improve operational efficiency and security protection,
while also meeting the requirements of regulations and standards.
Vulnerability Manager 6.5 extends the capabilities of agentless
scanning by adding policy compliance checks for both Windows and Unix
systems. By taking advantage of the agentless policy compliance auditing
features in Vulnerability Manager 6.5, companies are able to meet stringent
requirements for compliance reporting as called out in regulations such as
PCI DSS, FISMA and GLBA, as well as in security standards such as ISO
27002.
Availability:
McAfee Vulnerability Manager 6.5 is available now. For more information
about McAfee's risk and compliance solutions, please visit
http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/risk_management/index.html.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's
largest dedicated security technology company. It delivers proactive and
proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the
world, allowing users to browse and shop the Web securely. With its
unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers
home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling
them to comply with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions,
identify vulnerabilities and continuously monitor and improve their
security. http://www.mcafee.com.
McAfee, Foundstone and/or other noted McAfee related products contained
herein 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. Any other non-McAfee
related products, registered and/or unregistered trademarks contained
herein is only by reference and are the sole property of their respective
owners. (C) 2008 McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved.
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CONTACT:
Erica Coleman of McAfee, Inc.,
+1-408-346-5624, erica_coleman@mcafee.com; or Ian Bain of Red
Consultancy, +1-415-618-8806, ian.bain@redconsultancy.com, for
McAfee, Inc.
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