M86 Security is a privately-owned Internet threat

Threat (computer)

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 protection company that specializes in Web and email security products and content filtering appliances. The company’s international headquarters is located near London

London

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, and development centers are located in California

California

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, Israel

Israel

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 and New Zealand

New Zealand

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.

History

In November 2008, 8e6 Technologies

8e6 Technologies

8e6 Technologies is now M86 Security.- History :Founded in 1995 as Log-In Data Corp., the company changed its name to 8e6 Technologies in 2000. Its co-founder and CEO for ten years, George Shih, developed many of the technologies used in 8e6 Internet filtering products.Originally, in an effort to...

, a company that sold Web filtering products, and Marshal Software, a provider of integrated email and Web security products, merged to form Marshal8e6.

In March 2009, Marshal8e6 acquired Avinti, along with its behavior-based malware technology for detecting blended threat

Blended threat

A blended threat is a software vulnerability which in turn involves a combination of attacks against different vulnerabilities. For example, many worm, a trojan horse and a computer virus exploit multiple techniques to attack and propagate....

s that occur through email. Upon completion of the merger, Avinti’s CEO, William Kilmer, joined Marshal8e6 as its Chief Marketing Officer.

As part of a rebranding campaign, Marshal8e6 changed its name to M86 Security in September 2009. The following November, M86 Security acquired Finjan Software along with its Secure Web Gateway (formerly Finjan Vital Security) product and licenses to patents for real-time code analysis technology, giving the company malware

Malware

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 detection and prevention capabilities for the Web gateway. The company had previously announced John Vigouroux, CEO of Finjan Software, as the new CEO of M86 Security.

Marshal’s TRACE Labs and Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center combined to form M86 Security Labs, which researches and reports on Web and email-based security threats. Researchers from M86 Security Labs have discovered new malware and spam threats, including:

• Thousands of online banking customers have accounts emptied by “most dangerous Trojan virus ever created” (Daily Mail)
• Cyber thieves steal $1m from 3,000 bank customers (from MSNBC)
• Asprox botnet causing serious concern (from Secure Computing)

In August 2010, M86 ranked number 1,230 on the Inc. 5000 annual listing of the fastest private growing companies in America.

Web solutions

M86 Secure Web Gateway: an appliance-based secure Web gateway that uses real-time code analysis technology, URL filtering and antivirus scanning to prevent malware and Web-based threats.
In January 2010, the M86 Secure Web Gateway was designated as Visionary in the 2010 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Magic Quadrant

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Report for Secure Web Gateways.

Associated Technologies:

• Real-time Code Analysis
• Vulnerability Anti.dote™
• Dynamic Web Repair™

M86 Secure Web Service Hybrid: an integrated cloud-based and on site deployment option for the M86 Secure Web Gateway. It is intended to secure mobile workers with the same policy level as on-premises staff. In 2010, it was named “one of the top 100 coolest cloud computing products” by CRN.

M86 Web Filtering and Reporting Suite: an appliance-based Web security and policy control solution that includes Internet filtering, reporting, which typically uses the surveyed system's IP address, and real-time Web traffic monitoring.

M86 WebMarshal: a secure Web gateway that inspects incoming and outgoing Web traffic. The product is designed to secure businesses from malware, viruses, blended attacks and attempted fraud.

Email solutions

M86 MailMarshal: an email security solution that protects against spam and data leakage. It also provides reporting,analyzes inbound and outbound content and assists with policy control. In April 2010, the M86 MailMarshal SMTP product was designated Visionary in the 2010 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report for Secure Email Gateways.

Associated Technologies:

• Deep Content Inspection
• SpamBotCensor
• Blended Threats Module™

External links

• Unofficial Guide to the M86 Web Filter – a summary of the M86 Web Filter's specs and features