as nasdaq helsinki fsc1v industry computer founded 1988 as data fellows 1999 as f secure founder petri allas and risto siilasmaa headquarters helsinki finland key people risto siilasmaa founder & chairman samu konttinen ceo mikko hypp nen chief research officer 1 products f secure safe f secure freedome f secure booster f secure key f secure search f secure internet security f secure anti virus for pc and mac f secure online scanner f secure app permissions f secure mobile security f secure buddy f secure linux security f secure internet gatekeeper for linux f secure mobile security for business f secure protection service for business f secure business suite f secure anti virus for servers f secure policy manager f secure protection service for email f secure client security f secure protection for consumers f secure protection for business f secure protection for mobile f secure content enabler f secure content anywhere revenue 155.1 million 2013 2 operating income 27.1 million 2013 2 net income 16.5 million 2013 2 number of employees 949 2013 2 website www.f secure.com company offices in helsinki finland f secure corporation formerly data fellows is an cyber security and privacy company based in helsinki finland . the company has 20 country offices and a presence in more than 100 countries with security lab operations in helsinki finland and in kuala lumpur malaysia . through more than 200 operator partners globally millions of broadband customer use f secure services . f secure corp. is publicly traded on the helsinki stock exchange under the symbol fsc1v . f secure has been listed twice 2003 and 2006 on finland s best places to work list published by great place to work institute inc. 3 technology academy of finland named pirkka palom ki f secure s chief technology officer as cto of the year 2011 . 4 f secure claims to be the first antivirus vendor to establish a presence on the world wide web . the f secure labs weblog 5 tracks global internet and mobile security threats . contents 1 history 2 products 3 technology 4 academia 5 controversies 5.1 policy on detecting government spying programs 5.2 security flaws 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit f secure was first established under the name data fellows by petri allas and risto siilasmaa in 1988 . data fellows trained computer users and built customized databases . three years later the company launched its first major software project and developed the first heuristic scanner for antivirus products . f secure first antivirus product for windows pcs was launched in 1994 . data fellows became f secure in 1999 . f secure was the first company that developed an anti rootkit technology called blacklight in 2005 . citation needed in july 2009 f secure purchased steek a french company specialized in online file storage and backup services for consumers . 6 f secure internet security received the product of the year award in 2010 from av comparatives as it got the least false alarms 2 . this put f secure ahead of panda security 98 and other anti virus companies . 7 f secure client security received the best protection 2011 award in 2012 from av test an independent testing organization that evaluated 2011 7 corporate protection products and the results are based on all of the certifications tests made in 2011 . 8 products edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the current line of home user products from f secure includes f secure internet security f secure safe f secure anti virus f secure anti virus for mac f secure search f secure key f secure booster and f secure freedome . f secure s business products include f secure protection service f secure business suite f secure client security f secure anti virus for servers f secure linux security f secure internet gatekeeper for linux f secure protection service for email f secure policy manager f secure mobile security for business f secure messaging security gateway and f secure for exchange . white labeled versions of f secure s security software are also available through operators around the world via monthly or yearly subscription plans . f secure is the global leader in providing software as a service through operators with over 200 operator partners worldwide including at & t vodafone and telef nica . technology edit f secure has oem agreements with several security vendors to integrate detection technology engines in its own offerings . deepguard now in its 5.0 incarnation is an f secure in house developed hips or advanced system monitoring technology which detects new or unknown malware intrusions based on unusual suspicious changes in the windows system and automatically blocks processes caught in the act . deepguard is not available on the linux or mac os products . in july 2009 f secure bought french company steek sa which provides software for online storage and data management solutions to fixed line and mobile operators . steek sa is being fully integrated into f secure as the storage and digital content business unit . academia edit in co operation with aalto university school of science and technology f secure runs a one semester course for future virus analysts with some material available on line . 9 controversies edit policy on detecting government spying programs edit after the media coverage of magic lantern software and claims by some av vendors to purposefully leave a backdoor for it in their products f secure announced their policy on detecting these spying programs f secure corporation would like to make known that we will not leave such backdoors to our f secure anti virus products regardless of the source of such tools . we have to draw a line with every sample we get regarding whether to detect it or not . this decision making is influenced only by technical factors and nothing else but within the applicable laws and regulations in our case meaning eu laws . we will also be adding detection of any program we see that might be used for terrorist activity or to benefit organized crime . we would like to state this for the record as we have received queries regarding whether we would have the guts to detect something obviously made by a known violent mafia or terrorist organization . yes we would . 10 security flaws edit a report in the july 30 2014 edition of the uk inquire stated a researcher had uncovered exploitable security flaws in several major antivirus systems including f secure . 11 see also edit companies portal computer security portal antivirus internet security comparison of antivirus software comparison of computer viruses mikko hypp nen references edit ranger steve . inside the secret digital arms race facing the threat of a global cyberwar . techrepublic . retrieved april 25 2014 . a b c d f secure financial key figures great place to work finland . greatplacetowork.fi . retrieved 2012 02 01 . technology academy 2012 cto of the year . technologyacademy.fi . archived from the original on december 31 2011 . retrieved 2012 02 01 . f secure weblog news from the lab . f secure.com . retrieved 2012 09 23 . wauters robin 2009 07 15 . f secure pays 27.5 million for french storage startup steek . eu.techcrunch.com . retrieved 2012 02 01 . independent tests of anti virus software false alarm tests . av comparatives . archived from the original on january 18 2012 . retrieved 2012 02 01 . the independent it security institute home . av test . retrieved 2012 09 23 . tkk tml courses . tml . 2008 08 29 . retrieved 2012 02 01 . f secure corporation s policy on detecting spying programs developed by various governments . f secure . retrieved 25 june 2011 . http www.theinquirer.net inquirer news 2357943 security researcher finds exploitable flaws in 14 major anti virus engines external links edit official website blog of the f secure security labs another blog of the f secure security labs github page v t e antivirus software companies major agnitum avast software avg avira bitdefender comodo dr. web eset f secure kaspersky intel security microsoft panda qihoo 360 sophos symantec trend micro minor ahnlab cisco check point clamwin fortinet frisk g data iolo intego kingsoft lavasoft malwarebytes psafe quick heal trustport virusblokada webroot zemana zonealarm products desktop server ahnlab v3 internet security avast antivirus avg avira internet security bitdefender clamwin clam antivirus comodo antivirus comodo internet security dr. web eset nod32 f secure f prot fortinet g data advanced systemcare iolo system shield kaspersky anti virus kaspersky internet security kingsoft mac internet security malwarebytes anti malware mcafee virusscan microsoft security essentials windows defender panda psafe total 360 safeguard outpost security suite sophos symantec endpoint protection immunet element anti virus norton antivirus norton internet security spyware doctor virusbarrier trend micro internet security trustport vba32 antivirus zonealarm mobile tablet ahnlab mobile security avast antivirus avg antivirus avira free android security bitdefender mobile security cm security comodo mobile security dr. web mobile security suite eset mobile security f secure mobile security g data mobilesecurity lookout mobile security mcafee mobile security psafe total android fireamp mobile trend micro mobile security trustport mobile security virusbarrier related comparison of antivirus software retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title f secure & oldid 742538209 categories antivirus softwaresoftware companies established in 1988software companies of finlandcompanies based in helsinkicompanies listed on the helsinki stock exchangecomputer security software companiescompanies of finlandfinnish brandshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2010articles needing additional references from july 2016all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutscheesti fran ais italiano norsk bokm lpolskiportugu srom n suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 08 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view