McAfee
American global computer security software company
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| 2024 | McAfee launched an AI-driven threat detection system to provide enhanced real-time protection against evolving cyber threats. |
| July 2024 | McAfee appointed Craig Boundy as President and Chief Executive Officer. |
| February 2024 | McAfee expanded its identity theft protection services, integrating new tools for comprehensive monitoring and fraud prevention. |
| 2023 | Greg Johnson stepped down as CEO of McAfee. |
| October 2022 | McAfee partnered with Visa to provide cybersecurity solutions to cardholders worldwide, expanding its consumer protection reach. |
| May 2022 | Peter Leav stepped down as CEO, and McAfee appointed Greg Johnson as the new Chief Executive Officer. |
| March 2022 | McAfee was delisted from NASDAQ and taken private by a multi-national investor group led by Advent International Corporation, including Canada Pension Plan, GIC Private Limited, and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. |
| January 2022 | STG announced that McAfee Enterprise's security service edge (SSE) business would operate as a separate company called Skyhigh Security, built on McAfee Enterprise and Skyhigh Networks assets. |
| July 2021 | McAfee completed the sale of its enterprise business, allowing the company to focus solely on its consumer business and accelerate its consumer protection strategy. |
| March 2021 | Symphony Technology Group acquired McAfee Enterprise, which included Skyhigh Networks. |
| October 2020 | McAfee and its shareholders raised $740 million in an initial public offering, with the company valued at $8.6 billion and trading on NASDAQ under ticker symbol MCFE. Chris Young was replaced as CEO by Peter Leav. |
| November 2019 | McAfee partnered with Google Cloud to integrate Mvision Cloud and endpoint security technology with Google's cloud infrastructure. |
| August 2019 | McAfee acquired NanoSec, a container security company, expanding its cybersecurity capabilities in container and cloud security solutions. |
| July 2019 | McAfee acquired Uplevel Security, a data analytics company specializing in graph theory and machine learning technologies, expanding its cybersecurity capabilities. |
| July 2019 | McAfee began meeting with bankers to discuss returning to the market as an IPO, with an estimated valuation of $8 billion or higher. |
| 2018 | McAfee entered unsuccessful talks to sell majority control to minority stakeholder Thoma Bravo and expanded its Security Innovation Alliance partnerships. |
| March 2018 | McAfee acquired TunnelBear, a Canadian virtual private network (VPN) service, expanding its cybersecurity and privacy protection offerings. |
| January 3 2018 | The acquisition of Skyhigh Networks by McAfee was officially closed. |
| November 2017 | McAfee acquired Skyhigh Networks, a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) security company. |
| April 4 2017 | McAfee was spun out of Intel as an independent entity, with Chris Young assuming the CEO position. |
| September 7 2016 | Intel sold its majority stake to TPG and entered an agreement to turn Intel Security into a jointly-owned, independent cyber-security company. |
| January 6 2014 | Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced the company name change from McAfee Security to Intel Security during the Consumer Electronics Show. |
| 2011 | David DeWalt resigned as CEO. Michael DeCesare and Todd Gebhart were appointed as co-presidents. McAfee also partnered with SAIC to develop anti-cyber espionage products for government and intelligence agencies. |
| February 2011 | Intel purchased McAfee, incorporating the company into the Intel Security division. |
| August 19 2010 | Intel announced the acquisition of McAfee for $48 a share in a $7.68 billion deal. |
| April 21 2010 | McAfee sent out a problematic anti-virus update (DAT 5958) that disabled millions of corporate and consumer Windows-based computers. |
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