Secure Computing Corporation
American computer security software company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the general concept, see computer security.
Secure Computing Corporation (SCC) was a public company that developed and sold computer security appliances and hosted services to protect users and data. McAfee acquired the company in 2008.
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Company type | Division |
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Industry | Security software and services |
Founded | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) (as Secure Computing Technology Center) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. (spun off from Honeywell) |
Fate | Acquired by McAfee |
Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Key people | Dan Ryan (president and CEO) Richard Scott (chairman) |
Products | Security appliances and hosted services |
Revenue | $237.9 million USD (2007) |
Number of employees | ~1000 (2007) |
Parent | McAfee |
Website | www |
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The company also developed filtering systems used by governments such as Iran and Saudi Arabia that blocks their citizens from accessing information on the Internet.[1][2]