Key participation by McAfee in Goldman Sachs Software & IT Services Conference

Present at the important IT conference, George Samenuk, chairman & chief executive officer of McAfee, Inc. discussed McAfee, Inc.'s strategic and operational focus and the need for comprehensive risk management and intrusion prevention solutions at the event.

Reflecting George Samenuk's strategic vision for McAfee, Patrick Hayati, Regional Director Middle East, McAfee remarked,

"With the advent of new threats such as spyware, adware, phishing attacks and others, it has become extremely important for businesses to secure their networks for enhanced performance and a strong, reliable infrastructure. On the other hand, established threats such as viruses and spam also continue to consistently trouble users.

Addressing security issues such as intrusion prevention and risk management, McAfee provides home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security. Serving different consumer segments from home users to large enterprises and service providers, McAfee continues to operate on a strong strategy to build security solutions for the exact needs of each segment, and for specific threats ranging from viruses to spyware and beyond."

With a strong presence across the Middle East including GCC and the Levant, McAfee is a leading provider of security solutions in the region. The firm continues to address security issues across different sectors including ISPs, SMB, large enterprises, and even home users in the region. With recent product releases targeted towards the SMB market, McAfee is expected to play a major role in the software security market within SMB-predominant UAE, along with strong representations within the domain of enterprise security solutions across the Middle East.

According to a recent Forrester Highlight by industry analysts Natalie Lambert and Laura Koetzle, viruses, worms, spyware and spam top SMBs' IT security concerns with spyware ranking second to viruses, and worms at 61 percent. In the same survey, spyware was found to cause anxiety for IT workers.

75 percent of CIOs and top IT executives, and 66 percent of directors and managers of IT, said they are concerned about spyware. In addition, enterprise users were found to face compliance requirements that make defending against spyware a more critical issue, with 69 percent of enterprise users seeing spyware as a major issue.

McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security.