| M86 Security | |
| Predecessor: | 8e6 Technologies |
| Foundation: | 1995 |
| Location: | Irvine, California |
| Industry: | Technology, Web and Email Security |
| Products: | Secure Web Gateway, Internet security, proxy server, content filtering |
M86 Security was a privately owned Internet threat protection company that specialized in Web and email security products[1] and content filtering appliances.[2] The company's international headquarters were located in Basingstoke, with development centers located in California, Israel and New Zealand.[2]
Founded in 1995, the company changed its name to 8e6 Technologies in 2000.[3] Its co-founder and CEO for ten years, George Shih, developed many of the technologies used in 8e6 Internet filtering products.[4]
Originally, in an effort to provide "pornography-free Internet use for children", the company offered filtering software for computers used in education environments. Later, 8e6 Technologies developed products to manage Internet access in other markets.[5]
In 2002, Paul Myer joined the company as president and COO, joining George Shih to grow the company through expanded channels and marketing.[6]
The company's Internet filtering, reporting and monitoring appliances were named a "Best Buy" by SC Magazine in 2007 and 2008.[7]
In November 2008, 8e6 Technologies and Marshal Limited, a provider of email and Web security products, merged and became Marshal8e6.[8] George Shih remained as interim CEO until former Finjan Holdings CEO, John Vigouroux, was named to the position in April 2009.[9]
In November 2008, 8e6 Technologies, a company that sold Web filtering products, and Marshal Software, a provider of integrated email and Web security products, merged to form Marshal8e6.[10]
In March 2009, Marshal8e6 acquired Avinti,[11] along with its behavior-based malware technology[12] for detecting blended threats that occur through email. Upon completion of the merger, Avinti's CEO, William Kilmer, joined Marshal8e6 as its Chief Marketing Officer.[13]
As part of a rebranding campaign, Marshal8e6 changed its name to M86 Security in September 2009.[14] The following November, M86 Security acquired Finjan Software along with its Secure Web Gateway (formerly Finjan Vital Security) product and licenses to patents for real-time code analysis technology,[15] giving the company malware detection and prevention capabilities for the Web gateway. The company had previously announced John Vigouroux, CEO of Finjan Software, as the new CEO of M86 Security.[16]
Marshal's TRACE Labs and Finjan's Malicious Code Research Center combined to form M86 Security Labs,[17] which researches and reports on Web and email-based security threats.In August 2010, M86 ranked number 1,230 on the Inc. 5000 annual listing of the fastest private growing companies in America.[18]
On March 6, 2012, it was announced that Chicago based Trustwave Holdings would acquire M86 Security.[19] On March 19, 2012, Trustwave completed its acquisition of M86 Security and subsequently rebranded its products and operations under the Trustwave name.[20]