Broadcom acquires $10.7 billion stake in Symantec’s enterprise security portfolio

Broadcom is buying Symantec’s enterprise security business for $10.7 billion, the companies announced Thursday. The deal effectively splits Symantec in two, with Broadcom taking ownership of its entire enterprise security portfolio and the Symantec brand name. Symantec will retain its consumer-facing product portfolio, which includes the the LifeLock identity-protection brand and Norton antivirus software. The …

Norton by Symantec Urges Consumers to Help Protect Their Personal Data

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the wake of Facebook’s recent security vulnerability, and the prevalence of data breaches in today’s online world, Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) is encouraging consumers to take an active role in monitoring and helping protect their private and personal information. As this security vulnerability marks yet another incident affecting tens of …

Symantec will no longer allow government source code reviews due to unacceptable risk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-based cyber firm Symantec (SYMC.O) is no longer allowing governments to review the source code of its software because of fears the agreements would compromise the security of its products, Symantec Chief Executive Greg Clark said in an interview with Reuters. Tech companies have been under increasing pressure to allow the Russian …

Google and Symantec in a war about each other’s security practices

Google and Symantec are engaged in a war about each other’s security practices, with all of us caught in the crossfire. As TechCrunch reports, Google believes that Symantec has been improperly issuing security certificates for tens of thousands of websites. If the search engine follows through with its threat, then Chrome will soon no longer …