Symantec

Symantec Corporation, founded in 1982, is a software company that specializes in computer security and antivirus software.

Symantec has been primarily known for its Norton brand of antivirus and utility software, named for software engineer Peter Norton.

The Symantec Security Response organization (formerly Symantec Antivirus Research Center) is one of the foremost antivirus and computer security research groups in the industry.

Acquisitions

• August 2002
  • SecurityFocus, maintainers of the Bugtraq security mailing list
  • Recourse Technologies
  • Riptech, Inc.
• July 2002
  • Mountain Wave
• October 2001
  • Lindner & Pelc
• July 2001
  • Foster-Melliar
• December 2000
  • AXENT Technologies (Firewall and Virtual Private Network software)
• February 2000
  • L-3 Network Security
• July 1999
  • URLabs
• November 1998
  • Quarterdeck Corporation
• September 1998
  • Intel's antivirus and systems management software
• June 1998
  • Binary Research Limited (Ghost application)
• May 1998
  • IBM's antivirus and immune system technology
• November 1995
  • Delrina (WinFax)
• June 1994
  • Central Point Software
• August 1990
  • Peter Norton Computing, Inc.

External Links

• Symantec Corp.
• Symantec Security Response