Trellix
American cybersecurity company
Trellix (Musarubra US LLC, formerly FireEye and McAfee Enterprise) is a privately held cybersecurity company founded in 2022. It provides hardware, software, and services to investigate cybersecurity attacks, protect against malicious software, and analyze IT security risks.
In June 2021, FireEye sold its name and products business to Symphony Technology Group (STG) for $1.2 billion. STG acquired McAfee Enterprise in an all-cash transaction for $4 billion in July 2021. STG combined FireEye with McAfee's enterprise business to launch Trellix, an extended detection and response (XDR) company. McAfee Enterprise's security service edge (SSE) business operated as a separate company known as Skyhigh Security.
History
FireEye was founded in 2004 by Ashar Aziz, a former Sun Microsystems engineer. FireEye's first commercial product was developed and sold in 2010. Initially, FireEye focused on developing virtual machines to download and test internet traffic before transferring it to a corporate or government network.
In December 2012, founder Aziz stepped down as CEO and former McAfee CEO, David DeWalt, was appointed to the position to prepare the company for an initial public offering (IPO).
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