division industry network security fate acquired by forcepoint 2016 founded helsinki finland 1990 1990 founder ilkka hiidenheimo hannu turunen headquarters helsinki finland area served worldwide key people ilkka hiidenheimo chairman & ceo juha kivikoski coo mikael nyberg cfo 1 jarno limn ll cyber security director 2 products network security firewall ips vpn security appliances virtual appliances number of employees 222 dec 2011 3 parent forcepoint website www.stonesoft.com stonesoft corporation was a public company that developed and sold network security solutions based in helsinki finland . it was publicly owned until 2013 when it was acquired by intel s subsidiary mcafee . 4 stonesoft does business globally with a regional headquarters in atlanta georgia united states and sales offices throughout europe the middle east and china . in july 2013 mcafee a part of intel security completed a tender offer to acquire all stonesoft products and technologies . stonesoft became a part of the mcafee network security business unit . stonesoft firewall products were renamed mcafee next generation firewall . mcafee sold stonesoft to forcepoint in january 2016 . 5 contents 1 history 2 products 3 controversy 4 advanced evasion techniques 5 references 6 external links history edit stonesoft started as a systems integrator in the nordic regions of europe . in 1994 it introduced stonebeat a technology for creating a high availability pair of firewalls in an active passive configuration . in 1999 the company extended stonebeat with a patented load balancing clustering technology 6 launching stonebeat fullcluster . it was one of the first technologies certified in check point s opsec program . 7 in 2001 stonesoft expanded its product set into the firewall vpn space becoming a direct competitor to check point . the stonegate firewall vpn was launched on march 19 2001 . in january 2003 the company introduced the first virtual firewall vpn solution for ibm mainframes . 8 in 2010 the company released information via cert fi 9 on advanced evasion technique aets that met with skepticism in the community . further aets were released in 2011 and eventually verified by independent labs and researchers . 10 11 12 in 2012 stonesoft replaced the stonegate product name . from now on stonesoft is used both as the company and product name . stonesoft corporation s product sales for q3 2012 were circa 5.6 million euros . the product sales grew by approximately 18 % . the q3 net sales were approximately 9.2 9.3 million euros which equals a growth by14 16 % . the growth was lower than expected . 13 products edit its product portfolio includes firewall vpn devices ips intrusion detection and prevention systems and ssl vpn systems 14 each available as hardware appliances software and vmware certified virtual appliances . 15 each of the components as well as third party devices can be managed from the stonesoft management center . 16 the product portfolio differentiates through unique clustering and load balancing technologies based on the company s older stonebeat technology originally developed for check point firewall 1 . stonesoft s current product portfolio can be divided into five major categories 14 stonesoft firewall vpn stonesoft ids ips stonesoft ssl vpn stonesoft management center smc stonesoft virtualization solutions the stonesoft firewall vpn has placed in gartner s magic quadrant for enterprise network firewalls for several years and is currently placed in the niche quadrant . 17 gartner notes that stonesoft serves a set of placements well usually high availability is key or when the leaders are otherwise not welcome . 17 the stonesoft firewall vpn is regarded for its robust performance and feature set relative to company resources and it has a loyal customer base . 17 the stonesoft ips has also placed in gartner s magic quadrant for network intrusion prevention currently in the visionaries quadrant . 18 it is also certified by icsa labs network intrusion prevention and detection category and is one of only four vendors in the consortium to achieve that certification . 19 stonesoft has also received favorable reviews from nss labs for both the next generation firewall capability 2012 and the intrusion detection and prevention system . 20 21 controversy edit in 2008 the helsinki court of appeal issued a decision in a case brought against stonesoft and several members of its management team . the court held that two members of the company s board of directors and a former ceo through gross negligence had failed to give a profit warning in due time . 22 the issue at hand was discrepancies between the profitability forecasted in the company s year 2000 interim reports and the actual state of the company at that time . the reports indicated the company was sound and profitable yet a profit warning should in fact have been issued . 22 the district court of helsinki had originally dismissed the claims in a decision on november 15 2006 . 23 advanced evasion techniques edit in 2010 stonesoft informed the public about a new evasion technique that can bypass security defences . stonesoft defines the advanced evasion techniques aets as virtually limitless in quantity and unrecognizable by conventional detection methods . they can work on all levels of the tcp ip stack and work across many protocols or protocol combinations . 12 according to max nyman stonesoft corporation s senior marketing manager aets can deliver malicious code without detection and without leaving trace . 24 on july 23 2012 stonesoft released a free tool that enables organisations to test their network security . 25 references edit mcafee next generation firewall and mcafee firewall enterprise intel security . reuters editorial 24 may 2012 . stonesoft appoints jarno limn ll as director cyber security . reuters . 1 archived april 25 2012 at the wayback machine . press releases . acquisition of stonesoft mcafee next generation firewall and sidewinder mcafee firewall enterprise 2 http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph parser sect1 pto2 & sect2 hitoff & p 1 & u % 2fnetahtml % 2fpto % 2fsearch bool.html & r 1 & f g & l 50 & co1 and & d ptxt & s1 6 856 621 . pn . & os pn 6 856 621 & rs pn 6 856 621 technology partners . check point software . https web.archive.org web 20110403144418 http www2.prnewswire.com cgi bin stories.pl acct 104 . archived from the original on april 3 2011 . retrieved august 13 2010 . missing or empty title help http www.cert.fi en reports 2010 vulnerability385726.html the big question . maybe the initial discoveries were just the tip of an iceberg icsa labs . a b the tech herald . the tech herald . press releases . a b mcafee next generation firewall and mcafee firewall enterprise intel security . virtual appliances solution exchange . mcafee next generation firewall and mcafee firewall enterprise intel security . a b c value added distributor of it security solutions exclusive networks pdf . exclusive networks uk . press releases . https www.icsalabs.com products tid 4222 https web.archive.org web 20120618081522 http www.nsslabs.com research network security firewall ngfw . archived from the original on june 18 2012 . retrieved june 24 2012 . missing or empty title help 3 archived june 20 2012 at the wayback machine . a b 4 dead link the decision of the helsinki court of appeal concerning alleged delay of stonesoft s profit warning in february 2001 . euroinvestor . eduard kovacs 14 june 2012 . softpedia exclusive interview max nyman on advanced evasion techniques . softpedia . stonesoft pen testing tool uses advanced evasion techniques firm says securityweek.com . external links edit official website semi official community web site advanced evasion techniques mcafee next generation firewall v t e intel software items in italics are no longer maintained or have planned end of life dates . development parallel studio c compiler fortran compiler debugger parallel advisor parallel 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