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image Dave DeWalt, Chief Executive Officer and President of McAfee, Inc., speaks during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecom Summit in New York May 21, 2008.

McAfee Chief Executive Dave DeWalt said on Wednesday he aims to accelerate revenue growth in 2009 and 2010 beyond the company's target

McAfee Chief Executive Dave DeWalt said on Wednesday he aims to accelerate revenue growth in 2009 and 2010 beyond the company's target of mid-teens percentage growth for 2008.

Growth should come through a combination of new products, partnerships with technology companies, and acquisitions like the $50-million-to-$350-million deals McAfee has made in the past, DeWalt said at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York.

"We don't necessarily need to acquire large to do this. This is a strategy for us where acquiring technologies and building and partnering is clearly a path that we can create to grow the company to much more sizable than it is today," he said.

"We tend to do two to three acquisitions a year. We've been consistent with that," said DeWalt, a sports enthusiast who competes in triathlons. "We continue to like to do what we call small and medium-sized acquisitions."

The CEO, who has been with McAfee for about 14 months, said that security software has so far proven to be recession-proof because customers need to protect against viruses and data theft in rough times as much as when the economy is strong.

But he cautioned that his company could see a fallout down the road from the economic slump in the United States.

"Am I nervous? Do I read the headlines too? Yes," he said.

Still, DeWalt noted that the company has posted three accelerating growth quarters in a row.

"We certainly see '09 and 2010 as very strong growth years for the company with a lot of the partnerships we set up, a lot of the model changes we had," DeWalt said. "Certainly, it's hard to forecast how the economy and things will be; but certainly we put a lot of growth drivers in the business to really accelerate growth even more."

McAfee plans to introduce a variety of new products over the coming quarters to build new revenue streams.

One area with great potential is protecting data centers that use virtualization technology to boost the efficiency of their servers and storage equipment, he said.

Products in these areas are in the works, including ones that will scan traffic before it is stored and scan data used by applications from giant German software company SAP AG. 

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Ala on 21/03/2012 20:24:43
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I find little value in the 6th eitdion of the book it's much the same as the first one with updated information. This book is best read by people that know very little about how attacks work and want to discover how the average low level attacker goes about doing things. This book is not bad at all but it really just doesn't add anything to my arsenal or provide me with any new information that is valuable to me.If you want a book that can give you a very entry level understanding of how attacks might take place and need a book to teach you the very basic's of how to become a script kiddy or how they operate then this book is a good choice.I mean no disrespect by this but it is my opinion that true hacking or pen-testing does not and can not follow the old methodologies that are outlined in this book. There is simply not an A to B route that is to be followed in hacking/pen-testing and tossing attacks from tool after tool at systems isn't the right way to go about testing.In my opinion this book is the best choice for someone with a new interest in the subject and knows very little about security testing and defense. This is a good place to start to learn the very basic's of offensive infosec and to pick up some entry level knowledge on how to defend against it. If you are looking for an introduction or a bridge to entry level certification such as certified ethical hacker or certified penetration tester this would be a good choice to pick up before you start your studies to fill in the gaps. Overall this is a great book just take it for what it is. It is not a book on how to hack. It is an introduction to hacking and some of the common tactics that are used. If you're not defending against these then you're doing a poor job. To be fair to the author and the series this book was a pioneer in the industry at the time it was introduced there was little information on the subject to be found in this type of structure. In our infosec crazed world of today so many books follow this exact format that reading it becomes dry and very boring. Overall great series pioneers of information security books but a new approach is needed and maybe that is present in the hacking exposed series but I can not comment on that because I have only read scattered eitdions of the original title.
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Allayna on 06/04/2012 14:22:48
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My first exposure with hacking series was back in 2002 the 2nd edition, in the Foreword of the 2nd edition they summed up the expectation and identified the who should read this book &#8220;&#8230;But if a computer network has a security vulnerability and no one knows about it, is it insecure?&#8221;.In writing this review I like to bring to attention the fact that I am not sure who is the intended audience anymore.I have seen this book on every network engineer&#8217;s and self proclaimed security guru&#8217;s book shelf, many of the one&#8217;s I have seen were not even used once.So my question is why do people keep on buying this book, is it the title? The marketing? Or is it a cult think? I was given the 6th edition as a gift. I read most of it out of curiosity, and after a while I realized that this book does not have a true audience. This book is not written for;.-The hacker since many of the hacking techniques are either irrelevant or old and most hackers know a better way..-The criminal. See previous note..-An auditor. If it was, it would have specific processes on how to conduct and audit..-Management, they don&#8217;t care how hping2 works..-Those who are concerned about wireless security. There is a &#8220;hacking exposed for wireless&#8221; book for them.If we take away the fat, this book has about 200 pages of useful information, most of which can be found using the authors favorite search engine Googlewhy did I give it a 2 star instead of just 1, I did like the entire 10th Chapter, this section has very relevant information, and it has a purpose, it introduces the concept of governance and use of standards such as ISO17799 which is actually ISO27001:2005 and NIST Publications 800-64 and 800-27. It explains the SDLC although the author calls it SDL combining the Life with Cycle. So if this is your First Hacking Exposed book, buy it with caution, but if you already have one, don&#8217;t &#8220;upgrade&#8221;.Best Fishes and thank you for reading.

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Sharky on 19/04/2012 13:39:07
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I very much like the hacking exposed series. It provides solid coverage of many topics ranging from scanning and enumeration to privilege escalation. If you are looking for an introduction to the hacking world this is it.My complaint is that each new edition does not have nearly enough differences with previous editions. Frankly if you have version 5, you can skip six. I have learned to buy about every 2nd or 3rd edition.

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