The Micro Focus Enterprise Security Products business is part of the software business of
Micro Focus. HP Enterprise Security Products was built from acquired companies
Fortify Software,
ArcSight
ArcSight, Inc. was an American software company that provided security management and compliance software packages for enterprises and government agencies. The company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2010. When HP split into two companie ...
, and
TippingPoint and
Atalla (from the acquisition of
3Com
3Com Corporation was an American digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney and others. Bill Krause joined as President in 1981. Metcalfe ex ...
), which HP bought in 2010 and 2011. HPE has since sold TippingPoint and has announced the intention to divest the entire HP Enterprise Software business unit by spinning it out and merging it with
Micro Focus. The merge concluded on September 1, 2017.
Products
ArcSight and Fortify security technologies are designed to scan network activity and data to offer customers real-time application-level threat detection. ArcSight provides
Security Information and Event Management
Security information and event management (SIEM) is a field within the field of computer security, where software products and services combine security information management (SIM) and security event management (SEM). They provide real-time ana ...
(SIEM). Fortify provides application protection through the combination of static and dynamic application security testing.
Atalla products are cryptographic solutions and key management solutions.
TippingPoint products provide a network defence system. Announced in September 2013, TippingPoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is designed to block new risks introduced by cloud and mobile computing.
Divestiture and sale
HP Enterprise sold TippingPoint to
Trend Micro on October 21, 2015, for approximately $300 million.
On September 7, 2016, HPE CEO
Meg Whitman announced that the software assets of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, including HP Enterprise Security Products, would be spun out and then merged with
Micro Focus to create an independent company of which HP Enterprise shareholders would retain the majority ownership. Micro Focus CEO Kevin Loosemore called the transaction "entirely consistent with our established acquisition strategy and our focus on efficient management of mature infrastructure products" and indicated that Micro Focus intended to "bring the core earnings margin for the mature assets in the deal - about 80 per cent of the total - from 21 per cent today to Micro Focus's existing 46 per cent level within three years."
HP Protect customer event
In 2004, HP introduced an annual event for customers called HP Protect, which focuses on security and compliance issues. HP Protect 2013 took place on September 16–19 in Washington D.C. HP Protect 2014 is scheduled to occur on September 8–11, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
See also
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ArcSight
ArcSight, Inc. was an American software company that provided security management and compliance software packages for enterprises and government agencies. The company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2010. When HP split into two companie ...
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Atalla
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Fortify
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TippingPoint
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://software.microfocus.com/en-us/software/enterprise-security, Micro Focus Enterprise Security Products official website
Enterprise Security Products
Computer security software companies
Enterprise Security Products
Defunct software companies of the United States
Database security