McAfee, Inc. Reinvents the Way Companies Manage Security With McAfee Total Protection

McAfee, Inc. Reinvents the Way Companies Manage Security With McAfee Total Protection

April 03, 2006

McAfee Reduces the Complexity of Managing Security so Companies Can Focus More on Adding Business Value, Less on Operational Inefficiencies

    INFOSEC WORLD 2006, ORLANDO, Fla., April 3
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), the global
leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management,
today unveiled McAfee(R) Total Protection.  Designed to
redefine the way in which companies manage security
solutions, McAfee Total Protection is the industry's first
and only offering to combine and manage all the elements of
a comprehensive system security solution through a single
console and agent platform.  With McAfee Total Protection,
McAfee SecurityAlliance(TM) partners can help companies of
all sizes improve security while reducing the complexity of
managing security -- without compromise, freeing up valuable
financial and human resources for other vital corporate
needs. 

    McAfee Total Protection is a single concept with four
distinct offerings for customers of all sizes and needs.
For the first time, these customers can purchase a single
solution with proven award-winning technology that is
tightly integrated into a single console.  The end result
is increased security, policy compliance and significant
ongoing cost savings. 

    McAfee Total Protection for enterprise users leverages
a single agent platform already deployed in more than 40
million endpoints to provide everything a business needs
for complete endpoint security and network access control,
today and into the future.  McAfee Total Protection for
enterprise includes anti-virus for all tiers of the
network, anti-spyware, anti-spam, desktop firewall, host
intrusion prevention and a complete network access control
system -- all managed by a single console.  McAfee Total
Protection for small business builds upon McAfee's heritage
of delivering security and software-as-a-service, ensuring
an "always on, always up-to-date," security
environment.  McAfee, which pioneered software as-a-service
seven years ago, now has more than two million customers
protected under this model. 

    Many companies and industry analysts point to a growing
need for a tightly integrated, single solution managed
through one console. 

    "Attacks on corporate networks, corporate PCs and
consumers will continue to increase in sophistication,
frequency and severity; defending against this onslaught
requires a comprehensive and integrated security
solution," according to Chris Christiansen, IDC VP of
Security Products and Services. "These attacks will
drive the demand for more proactive security products and
services. As the complexity of managing security increases,
customers are demanding more integrated solutions.  IT
security is increasingly moving away from a focus on a
single type of protection, such as anti-virus, toward a
focus on broad protection from a wide range of emerging
threats to enterprise security."

    "Information Security has clearly become a
boardroom issue. Organizations must look upon information
security as an investment, and like any business function
search for every pound of efficiency," said Bryan
Palma, founder of Ponic, an information risk consulting
company, and former CISO with PepsiCo.  "Security is
no exception -- senior business leaders expect cost
savings, tangible performance metrics, and clear returns
for their information security investments.  Therefore,
integration, consolidation and maximization of existing
investments are the primary drivers for results." 

    McAfee Total Protection is also designed to offer
McAfee SecurityAlliance partners tremendous business value,
providing new opportunities for highly profitable sustained
business with their customers.  The integrated security
solution helps partners deliver comprehensive protection
against newly emerging threats coupled with a service
component that drives value and creates a trusted advisor
relationship.  

    "McAfee continues to demonstrate its commitment to
its value-added reseller channel, and the launch of Total
Protection is a welcome addition to the product
portfolio," said Casper Zublin, Jr., chief executive
officer at DynTek.  "McAfee has made the effort to
understand our business and by providing integrated
security solutions that we can wrap our services around,
they have acknowledged one of the most profitable areas of
our business."

    "This is about helping businesses reduce the
complexity of managing security by providing comprehensive
protection," said Kevin Weiss, president, McAfee, Inc.
"Our core focus is to protect and mitigate risk for
customers and their valuable data in an increasingly
complex and regulated world.  Now, for the first time ever,
businesses can choose a security solution that is completely
integrated from a management perspective and that
significantly reduces costs, eliminates redundancy and
offers better protection."

    Availability

    McAfee Total Protection is available starting April 17
for enterprise customers and April 25 for small business
users through McAfee and its channel partners. For more
information please visit http://www.mcafee.com . 

    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 .

    NOTE:  McAfee and SecurityAlliance are registered
trademark 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. 

    For more information, please contact:

     Tracy Ross 
     McAfee, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     Michael Azzano 
     Red Consultancy
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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