McAfee Set to Improve the Cybersecurity For all Americans

The national and economic security depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure. McAfee (News - Alert) (News - Alert), wholly owned subsidiary of Intel (News - Alert) Corporation and a company specializing in security solutions and services, is rightly recognizing this need.

The company recently revealed its plan to join forces with top cybersecurity specialists from the public and private sector to improve the effectiveness of computer security for all Americans.

Described as the first-of-its-kind, National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership is part of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence that provides businesses with real-world cybersecurity solutions—based on commercially available technologies. The center brings together experts from industry, government and academia to demonstrate integrated cybersecurity that is cost-effective, repeatable and scalable. Hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the center fosters collaboration with industry to identify and solve today’s most pressing cybersecurity challenges.

McAfee is a charter member of the Center, which was launched in February 2012.

“This is an excellent example of a public-private partnership that will produce dynamic results,” said Tom Gann, vice president for government relations at McAfee said in a statement.“The collaborative work of the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership will benefit important national initiatives such as e-health and e-learning along with improving the security of the nation’s businesses.”

Partnership aims to secure vulnerable infrastructure against present and future cyber attacks. McAfee is a leader in this market, but the company is clear that it is not alone in the fight. Every attacker, every would-be cyber thief or terrorist is looking for loopholes and weaknesses in its cyber defenses. Seamless security – a continuum of secure systems, no matter who makes or services them – is McAfee’s goal.

As indicated, McAfee will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding with NIST.

The center will have a special focus on shared technologies so that technologies from one company or government laboratory can take advantage of the capabilities of others in the marketplace. Most, if not all, of the work produced through the partnership will be released to the public in order to better secure the nation’s critical infrastructure.

In related news, Bell Canada - a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE (News - Alert) (News - Alert) Inc. unveiled its latest Internet security offering - McAfee Security. This security software is compatible with both Windows and Mac.