McAfee has announced its strategy for building on Security Connected, the framework in which security products and services work together to safeguard businesses from new types of attacks.
The security company will expand its current portfolio through strategic acquisitions, development projects and partnerships to deliver more integrated solutions and protection across mobile devices, endpoints, servers and networks through an extensible framework.
"Businesses are looking for integrated security solutions with built-in intelligence and policies," said Chris Christiansen, programme VP, Security Products and Services group at IDC.
"The changes in business today will require the move from simply securing components, to understanding and measuring the security of a business system as a whole."
"Security is now a boardroom-level discussion," said Michael Fey, CTO at McAfee.
"The stakes are high, and businesses require a new model that gives them a comprehensive picture of their entire IT infrastructure. The industry has been built on an historical thought process that will not support the demands of the future.
"We must move to having a real-time understanding and response capability if we are to meet the needs of the future."
The company aims to address organisational security through integrated management, intelligent solutions and an open ecosystem.
Integrated management is achieved through the use of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, which is security management software; and McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, which assists with situational awareness and compliance monitoring.
McAfee Network Security and McAfee Endpoint Securityprovide forthe intelligent solutions. McAfee Network Security features IPS, next-generation firewall, DLP, Web and network e-mail security; while McAfee Endpoint Security is an integrated system security solution that includes virtualisation security, mobile protection, endpoint e-mail security, whitelisting technology and Web safety.
Finally, the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance is a programme that allows businesses to evolve their solutions to meet changing needs with minimal cost and disruption.
The partner ecosystem extends McAfee's security and compliance infrastructure into the areas including forensics, application security and power management.
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