My first week as McAfee’s Chief Cyber Security Mom was exciting and busy. I started the week being interviewed by the Chicago Sun Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. I then flew to New York for two days of back to back interviews with news and radio stations across the country. It was exciting and [...]

Yesterday we announced our financial results for Q3 08.  We are pleased to report that despite the current economic environment, our customers continue to view our technology as a “must-have.”  Our relentless focus on security leadership has enabled us to provide our customers with innovative technology in a growing threat environment, increased manageability and an [...]

Recently, McAfee released the results of a survey of moms and teens on cybersafety. I found it very interesting that the moms reported being as worried about their teens’ cybersafety as they would be of drunk driving risks. More than any other result, this one interested me as a cybersafety expert, the most.
Why? Well, if [...]

Last week, as many of you may know, was the inaugural McAfee user conference, snappily titled “Focus 2008.” At Focus, I had the honor of participating on one of the panels alongside some of our valued customers.
The subject of the panel was “Is it possible to get ROI on data protection projects?” I’ll cut to [...]

According to Raghu Raghuram of VMware, 20-25% of users access enterprise services through private computers today. This proportion is growing quickly with mobile access, new service delivery strategies, and a Gen X/Y workforce molded by mobile devices and social networks.
Gartner has coined the term “consumerization” for the reality that unmanaged endpoints and consumer-based services have [...]

On Wednesday, October 14, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reported that it shut down and froze the assets of a huge international spam gang called the “HerbalKing” group “that peddled prescription drugs and bogus male-enhancement products.”
The next day The New York Times report that the HerbalKing spam gang was capable of sending out 10 billion [...]

We just posted a new feature article on the McAfee Security Advice Center called: Tips for Safeguarding Your Mobile Phone from Malware.
Check it out and you’ll find 8 tips to keep your mobile device safe from cyber attacks.
Also, you will find an invitation to download a new product called McAfee Mobile Anti-Theft (BETA) – [...]

Hi, I am Tracy Mooney, McAfee’s Chief Cyber Security Mom, and I would like to share some recent statistics with you that I think all parents need to know about.
Did you know that 32 per cent of teenagers clear the browser history when they have finished using the computer and 16 per cent have created [...]

Today McAfee unveiled a major initiative that you will hear a lot about in the coming months- our multi-point plan to fight cybercrime.
Why is McAfee doing this?  We’re doing it because it’s a noble cause that unites our entire company.  There’s a lot of passion and energy around this.  We realized we had a [...]

This was a great week. We launched our 2009 consumer security software products with industry leading features and technology. The products were designed and built as a response to what customers told us they wanted – to be protected against today’s sophisticated threats without being disturbed or prevented from using their computers.
The most important new [...]