If you’ve worked in enterprise security for the last 15 years, you’ve likely seen the names Helix , McAfee , Network General , and PGP Corporation on old asset registers, compliance reports, or legacy endpoint logs. What you might not know is that these companies didn’t just partner—they underwent a complex series of acquisitions and re-mergers that created the blueprint for modern endpoint security suites.
| Entity | What McAfee acquired | Purchase price | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Whole company (email & disk encryption) | ~$140 million | | Network General | Only the Helix DLP product line (not the whole company) | ~$65 million (for Helix) | If you’ve worked in enterprise security for the
July 2010.
Simultaneously, a private equity firm () bought the remainder of Network General (the Sniffer and network analysis business). Simultaneously, a private equity firm () bought the