M&A Deal Summary

McAfee Acquires Stonesoft Oyj

On May 6, 2013, McAfee acquired information technology company Stonesoft Oyj for 389M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is McAfee’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is McAfee’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is McAfee’s 1st transaction in Finland.
Investment Fate
  • Stonesoft Oyj was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-05-06
Target Stonesoft Oyj
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) McAfee
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 389M USD

Target

Stonesoft Oyj

Helsinki, Finland
Stonesoft Corporation delivers software based, dynamic, customer-driven cyber security solutions that secure information flow and simplify security management. Stonesoft serves private and public sector organizations that require high availability, ease-of-management, compliance, dynamic security, protection of critical digital assets, and business continuity against today’s rapidly evolving cyber threats. The company leads research into advanced cyber threats and the advanced evasion techniques (AETs) used in stealth, targeted cyber attacks.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

McAfee

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Information Technology
Revenue 2.9B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
McAfee's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
McAfee's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

McAfee delivers proactive and proven security solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, McAfee protects consumers and businesses of all sizes from the latest malware and emerging online threats. McAfee's solutions are designed to work together, integrating anti-malware, antispyware, and antivirus software with security management features that deliver unsurpassed real-time visibility and analytics, reduce risk, ensure compliance, improve Internet security, and help businesses achieve operational efficiencies. McAfee was formed in 1987 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 9
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 9
Country (Finland) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-30 NitroSecurity

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

NitroSecurity is a provider of intrusion prevention systems (IPS), one of the fastest-growing network security segments. In contrast to traditional detection methods that react to infiltrations after they've occurred, intrusion prevention systems can proactively block attacks in real time before they enter a corporate network. NitroSecurity combines considerable research and development depth with top-notch sales and marketing talent ? a rare combination for early-stage security entities.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-27 Skyhigh Networks

Campbell, California, United States

Skyhigh Networks is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), enables enterprises to safely adopt cloud services, while meeting their security, compliance and governance requirements. With more than 600 enterprise customers globally, Skyhigh provides organizations the visibility and management for all their cloud services, including enforcement of data loss prevention policies; detecting and preventing internal and external threats; encrypting data with customer-controlled keys; and implementing access-control policies.

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