During last week’s Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) annual conference in San Francisco, I had the opportunity to meet with many of my colleagues in corporate responsibility and sustainability from companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments and others. One particularly interesting session focused on the field of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), the growing area where individual [...]

A staggering number of e-commerce Web sites are hacked into each year. As a consumer, it’s hard to know who to trust when you shop online, so as the CEO of McAfee I wanted to broaden our portfolio to include even stronger protection for online consumers. So today, I’m really excited that we have announced [...]

On yesterday’s earnings call I was proud to announce our 11th consecutive record quarter. Here are some of the highlights:
* Revenue of $322 million
* 24 percent increase in net income over last year
* Closed eight deals of [...]

For years, rootkits have presented a daunting challenge to security vendors. Newer rootkits represent the most technically challenging malware the industry has ever faced. In fact, a major OS vendor once said “businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware [...]

Earlier this week I had the honor of presenting Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott with the inaugural McAfee Cybercrime Fighter Award in recognition of his tireless efforts to protect Texas children from online predators.

McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt presents McAfee Cybercrime Fighter Award to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
General Abbott’s leadership has been truly remarkable. In [...]

If you had 30 seconds to gather your most valued possessions, what would you grab? In the world of security, IT security professionals need to have a plan in place to make decisions in a swift and intelligent manner when facing a crisis.
Valuing assets is an important step in determining the losses an organization might [...]

By now you’ve probably seen today’s news that McAfee has acquired SafeBoot, an enterprise-class security software vendor for mobile data protection. My leadership team is committed to ensuring that McAfee stays one step ahead of our customers’ needs, and our competitors’ offerings, by continuing to innovate. Where it makes sense, we acquire technologies to offer [...]

Earlier this week we launched a major consumer initiative, which we’re calling a “triple play” of services.
The combination of our three top consumer products (VirusScan Plus 2008, McAfee Internet Security 2008, and McAfee Total Protection 2008) protects consumers against threats on the PC, Web, and with VirusScan Mobile, mobile devices will be protected (the mobile [...]

In a world where privacy and security often collide, some online discussions have emerged in recent weeks about how a possible increase in the use of cookies impacts the level of privacy for computer users. In my opinion, cookies are not all that evil. Although some online vendors probably do cross the line regarding the [...]

While American consumers are very aware of the need to stay protected online and do feel safe from top security threats, only one in five individuals have the core security protections actually installed and running properly on their computers. This is creating risk both for the personal security of consumers and for our nation’s infrastructures, [...]