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§ Private Profile · San Jose, CA, USA
Cybersecurity solutions, including endpoint, network, cloud security, and intrusion prevention.
Key people at Intel Security / McAfee / IntruVert Networks.
McAfee, formerly Intel Security and Network Associates, develops cybersecurity software to protect consumers and organizations from online threats, operating primarily from San Jose, California, United States. The company offers endpoint, network, and cloud security solutions, including intrusion prevention capabilities acquired from IntruVert Networks for $100 million in 2003. With over 1,800 employees as of 2023, McAfee reported US$1.92 billion in revenue in 2021 and was valued at approximately $4.2 billion during its 2017 spin-off from Intel. Investors have included TPG Capital, Thoma Bravo, and Advent International, which led its 2022 take-private transaction following a 2020 NASDAQ IPO. McAfee Associates, Inc. was founded in 1987 by John McAfee. Its business model centers on sells proprietary cybersecurity software and services to consumers and enterprises, transitioned from Intel ownership to private equity-backed , public , then private again.
Key people at Intel Security / McAfee / IntruVert Networks.
Direct answer: Intel Security (the unit created after Intel’s 2011 acquisition of McAfee and later spun back out as McAfee) is a long‑standing cybersecurity vendor that built and acquired products across endpoint, network and intrusion‑prevention technologies (including the 2003 purchase of IntruVert Networks) and has repeatedly changed ownership and structure as it shifted between independent company, Intel division, and private/public corporate forms[2][1].
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Core fact citations used above: acquisition of IntruVert and its IPS focus[2]; Intel acquisition, Intel Security name and 2017 spinout/JV with TPG/Thoma Bravo and later IPO/private sale history[2][1][6]; product scope (endpoint, network, vulnerability management) and acquisition history[2][5].