McAfee Inc., has launched McAfee Web Protection Service, which the company claims is the industry’s first software-as-a-service (SaaS (News - Alert)) Web security solution providing protection from malware and other Web-borne threats without any on-premise requirements.

 

McAfee (News - Alert) Web Protection Service is based on McAfee Web Gateway technology and addresses all of the key business issues surrounding Internet use in the workplace: security, organizational compliance and policy control.

 

According to the company officials, the new cloud-based service offers customers Web security protection through a reliable, hassle-free SaaS deployment option.

 

Officials said that with the McAfee Web Protection Service, companies no longer have to deploy on-premise applications or gateway appliances to achieve a truly comprehensive level of security.

 

Organizations, McAfee officials said, need this protection, however many don’t have the internal staff, budget, or equipment space to maintain and support on-premise components, making McAfee Web Protection Service a much welcomed alternative. 

“Increasingly, our clients are looking to us to provide them with a variety of delivery options for receiving best-of-breed Web security,” said Marc Olesen, senior vice president and general manager, McAfee Software-as-a-Service, in a statement.

 

Olesen said that the McAfee Web Protection Service incorporates all of the knowledge and experience the company has gathered through years of proven Web security and anti-malware protection.

 

“We are leveraging our best-in-class threat intelligence delivered from the cloud and we will continue to invest and develop our core technology to keep pace with evolving security threats,” he added.

 

McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a dedicated security technology company.

 

McAfee is relentlessly committed to tackling the world's toughest security challenges. The company delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the web more securely.

 

McAfee, Inc. in April had announced that it has secured a multi-year, multimillion dollar enterprise license agreement with the State of New York to provide endpoint security for servers, PCs and laptops at agencies and counties across the state.

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