McAfee Russia

2018: Disclosure of source codes to Russian authorities

On January 25, 2018 the Reuters agency reported that SAP, Symantec and McAfee agreed to open to the Russian Ministry of Defence source codes of some software products for search of vulnerabilities which hackers for cracking of IT systems could use. Read more here.

2017: McAfee will hide the source code from Russia

The American company McAfee refused to open to the foreign governments the source code of the products. About it on October 26, reported Reuters news agency.

McAfee is one of the western producers which upon the demand of the Russian government provided the source code for examination. Before acquiring the right to sell the software products in the territory of the Russian Federation, the foreign companies should provide their source code for check.

Expertizes are carried out in the protected premises by the Russian specialists. Nevertheless, according to the American authorities, they pose security risk as allow the researchers who are carrying out them to detect vulnerabilities which then can be used in the attacks.

After separation from Intel in April, 2017 McAfee refused to open the source code from now on. As the press secretary of the company noted, any certificates of the problems with security caused by examination of the code it was revealed not.

2014: The agreement about RentSoft on promotion of subscriptions in network of telecom operators

In October, 2014 McAfee, the division Intel of Security, and the company "RentSoft", the largest Russian aggregator of suppliers of the Internet services Internet Service Provider (ISP), signed the agreement on promotion McAfee Anti-Virus McAfee MultiAccess of solutions (MAV) and (MMA) in network of 180 Internet service providers "RentSoft" among which"Rostelecom", "Akado" and "Kazakhtelecom". Since fall of 2014 applications are available to clients of the company to protection smartphones, tablets, the PC and Mac devices. Users can subscribe for McAfee AntiVirus for three computers at the price of 79 rubles a month and on McAfee MultiAccess for three or five devices at the price from 109 rubles a month.

In Russia buyers of the mobile equipment even more often purchase several devices with a possibility of Internet connection therefore it is especially important to provide safe use and storage of personal information regardless of what is at them in hands - the smartphone, the tablet or the notebook. Having selected one of the offered options, users receive the software of McAfee for protection against viruses and malware and also can purchase products which allow to find and block the device and also to store data in a cloud and to delete them in case of loss or theft. Products were among:

McAfee Anti-Virus: McAfee AntiVirus can be set on all Windows platforms for protection of users against trojans, viruses, spyware, rootkits and other threats. Besides, the application provides safe information search on the Internet, blocking suspicious links. McAfee AntiVirus supports instruments of privacy protection and optimization of the PC, including the McAfee QuickClean program which deletes unnecessary files, and the McAfee Shredder program for destruction of confidential documents in case of need.

McAfee MultiAccess: McAfee MultiAccess (MMA) can be installed on several different devices, including tablets, the PC, Mac and smartphones on platforms Android, iOS and Windows. One license MMA can protect up to 5 devices at the same time and includes technology of protection of identification data, means of parent control and also the management program for the passwords McAfee Safe Key which allows to store numerous passwords for the websites in a protect mode and a one click to come into accounts. Moreover, if the device is lost or will be stolen, users will be able to trace it, to block, to remotely transfer and delete all personal data.

"Based on the research McAfee, nearly 90% of users around the world have more than one device for Internet connection, over 60% – three and more, - Roman Veraksich, the head of retail sales of McAfee company in Russia and the CIS countries tells. - The risk to appear under the threat grows together with the number of the equipment connected to network. Our solution allows to protect reliably all devices of the user and his personal data regardless of the platform on which these devices are constructed".

"Thanks to partnership with McAfee in the field of solutions of data protection, service providers of Internet access had an opportunity to provide new useful service and to show the readiness to provide reliable protection of clients online. AntiVirus and MultiAccess services of McAfee company provide an inexpensive and comprehensive protection of all devices with a possibility of the choice of an optimal variant of a subscription," - Ivan Volchenskov, the managing director of RentSoft company explains.

Within the new agreement of McAfee offers flexible options of protection of different devices. Service providers of Internet access are ready to provide to the clients free trial monthly version of the products McAfee AntiVirus and McAfee MultiAccess on three or five devices. After the end of the trial period clients will be able to select the most optimal for them option of a subscription and payment.

2012

Pavel Eyges is appointed the head of the company in Russia

In September, 2012 the McAfee company announced Pavel Eyges's appointment the area director across Russia and the CIS countries. On this post Eyges was engaged in development of corporate business and the sector of "business and business" (B2B) McAfee company. Special attention was paid to promotion of the concept and methodology of the Security Connected platform and also offers of McAfee on security of crucial infrastructure and SCADA/ICS networks. Besides, reorganization of the sales channel due to involvement of key integrators and regional solution providers of security fell within the scope of its activity. The organization of close cooperation with Intel local office, the promotion of solutions designed to provide based on the built-in technology of Intel, in particular the products DeepDefender and DeepCommand became Eyges's task also.

Agreement with Asbis

In July, 2012 it became known that McAfee and Asbis announced the conclusion of the partnership agreement on supply activity of consumer solutions of McAfee, including McAfee Anti-Virus Plus, McAfee Internet Security and McAfee Total Protection for retail across all Russia. McAfee leaves in fast-growing consumer market and will propose solutions through retail network of partners of Asbis. As the partner of McAfee selected Asbis as the company is one of the leading retail distributors in Russia. Asbis will also distribute the solutions McAfee in Ukraine, in Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Solutions of McAfee became for the first time presented in shops of retail of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The retail sector is the largest business sector in Russia and is of interest to McAfee. According to the researches IDC, in 2012 the volume of the Russian PC market and notebooks will take the fourfold place in the world.

2010: Yaroslav Popov is a chief representative. In Russia 7 people work

In June, 2010 Yaroslav Popov became the new chief representative of McAfee in Russia ("McAfee Rus"). Earlier in the same company he held a position of the Head of Department on work with partners in Russia and the CIS. To Popov regional representative office of this American company for two years Vladimir Larin directed.

Alexey Lukatsky, the business consultant on security of Cisco, gave business valuation to McAfee in Russia.

"The company had difficulties, up to rumors about closing of office, - he told CNews. – They were connected with the whole complex of factors among which there are not built marketing policy and work with the channel".

Rumors about closing of the Russian representative office with winter of 2010 reached one source of CNews. However, as it became clear from further conversations with market participants if to judge by workforce recruiting in the last year, the developer is not going to close office. Rustem Hayretdinov, the deputy CEO of Infowatch, knows that else in 2009 they in the Moscow representative office worked only 2 person, but then the state was expanded.

"Earlier Vladimir Larin was a head, face of the company, and one more employee worked with distributors, - he says CNews. – Then McAfee had two engineers and two employees who are responsible for marketing. Today at the Russian office 7 people work already".

2009: Share in a segment of antiviruses of 1.6%

According to Anti-malware in 2009 the share of Symantec in the Russian market of antiviruses made 10.5%, McAfee – 1.6%.

2008: Opening of office in Russia

In 2008 the American company McAfee opened representation in Russia. The office was headed by Vladimir Larin.

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