WithSecure™ builds on F-Secure’s decades of trailblazing information security to launch a new vision and sees a world where no one should experience a serious loss from a cyber attack. The following is the history of F-Secure’s key events prior to the oganisation recently becoming WithSecure:
1988
F-Secure is first established under the name Data Fellows by Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa. Principle operations included training computer users and building customized database systems for industrial customers.
1991
The company launched its first major software development project and created the first heuristic scanner for antivirus products.
1994
Data Fellows set up the world’s first computer security website, complete with a comprehensive virus encyclopedia.
2002
F-Secure launched its first antivirus product for mobile phones with the Nokia Communicator product family.
2005
F-Secure became the first antivirus company to release rootkit detection technology, F-Secure Blacklight.
2015
F-Secure acquires nSense – the Nordic’s leading cyber security provider.
2016
F-Secure launched its Rapid Detection and Response service to help companies handle the most sophisticated attacks facing organizations.
2018
F-Secure acquired independent cyber security consultancy MWR InfoSecurity. Along with acquisitions of Inverse Path and Digital Assurance, this establishes F-Secure as a major cyber security provider on every continent.
2021
F-Secure Elements is created that is a modular platform that combines endpoint protection, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability management, and collaboration protection for cloud services, including Microsoft Office 365.
2022
Harnessing the full power of F-Secure’s business solutions, software and services, WithSecure is formed to address partners’ security debt with fresh thinking and a co-security approach.