Symantec
Symantec is a comprehensive security software suite developed by Broadcom Inc., offering anti-malware, anti-intrusion, and firewall features for both server and desktop computers. It functions as a website certification service provider, assisting organizations, governments, and individuals in safeguarding sensitive data from advanced threats across endpoints, cloud environments, and infrastructure. Symantec's solutions are designed to meet the evolving cybersecurity challenges of a complex digital landscape. Following the sale of its enterprise security business to Broadcom in 2019, NortonLifeLock, a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, continues to play a vital role in enhancing online security for approximately 50 million consumers by securing devices, identities, and online privacy.
MessageLabs Group
Acquisition in 2008
MessageLabs, now operating as Symantec.cloud, is a pioneering cybersecurity company founded in 1999. It specializes in cloud-based email security services, processing over three billion email connections daily. The company's core business is to protect mid-sized businesses and public sector organizations in the UK from email-borne threats like spam and viruses. MessageLabs offers managed security services, including encryption, archiving, and threat detection, all delivered at the internet level before reaching networks or end-users. The company's innovative approach, first introduced as anti-virus as a service, has earned it global recognition and a portfolio of 19 patents.
TurnTide
Acquisition in 2004
TurnTide Inc. was an anti-spam technology company founded in 2003 and based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The firm was created as a spin-off corporation from privacy and anti-spam technology firm ePrivacy Group to bring to market the world's first anti-spam router. The technology, linking anti-spam detection algorithms with network-level flow controls, was originally marketed by ePrivacy Group under the name "SpamSquelcher".
Brightmail
Acquisition in 2004
Brightmail was an e-mail filtering company in the United States. The company specialized in anti-spam products designed to protect email networks of businesses, government agencies, and service providers, by blocking unsolicited bulk email. The company was [acquired](http://www.symantec.com/press/2004/n040519.html) by [Symantec](/organization/symantec) on May 9, 2004.
Brightmail
Acquisition in 2004
Brightmail was an e-mail filtering company in the United States. The company specialized in anti-spam products designed to protect email networks of businesses, government agencies, and service providers, by blocking unsolicited bulk email. The company was [acquired](http://www.symantec.com/press/2004/n040519.html) by [Symantec](/organization/symantec) on May 9, 2004.
Brightmail
Series C in 2000
Brightmail was an e-mail filtering company in the United States. The company specialized in anti-spam products designed to protect email networks of businesses, government agencies, and service providers, by blocking unsolicited bulk email. The company was [acquired](http://www.symantec.com/press/2004/n040519.html) by [Symantec](/organization/symantec) on May 9, 2004.
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