# NitroSecurity

> NitroSecurity was a Portsmouth, New Hampshire cybersecurity company whose NitroView appliances combined log management, event correlation and network context to help large organizations identify and investigate security risks. McAfee acquired it in 2011 and rebranded its products under McAfee.

- **Founded:** 1999
- **Headquarters:** Portsmouth, United States
- **Founders:** Terry Anderton (Co-founder and former CEO), Howard D. Stewart (Co-founder and EVP of Engineering)
- **Products:** NitroGuard, NitroView Enterprise Security Manager, NitroView Enterprise Log Manager, NitroRSC Correlation Engine, NitroView Advanced Correlation Engine
- **Notable:** InfoWorld named NitroView ESM and ELM its 2011 Technology of the Year winner for log management., NitroSecurity was placed in the Leaders quadrant of the 2011 Gartner SIEM Magic Quadrant., McAfee completed its acquisition in late 2011 and made NitroView the basis of McAfee Enterprise Security Manager.

## Products & services

- **NitroGuard** — Network intrusion prevention system sold as an appliance in the United States and as software on specified hardware in Europe.
- **NitroView Enterprise Security Manager** — SIEM appliances for collecting, correlating and investigating security events and network data.
- **NitroView Enterprise Log Manager** — Log management appliance integrated with ESM for audit records, compliance reporting and event investigation.
- **NitroRSC Correlation Engine** — Risk scoring that combined asset value, vulnerability profiles and event scores.
- **NitroView Advanced Correlation Engine** — Dedicated appliance combining rule-based correlation and risk-based activity profiling without pausing core collection.
- **NitroView Receiver 4500** — Central monitoring appliance aimed at public sector and SCADA networks with very large device counts.

## Achievements

- InfoWorld named NitroView ESM and ELM its 2011 Technology of the Year winner for log management.
- NitroSecurity was placed in the Leaders quadrant of the 2011 Gartner SIEM Magic Quadrant.
- McAfee completed its acquisition in late 2011 and made NitroView the basis of McAfee Enterprise Security Manager.

## Latest updates

- **2011-11** — McAfee completed its acquisition of NitroSecurity and incorporated its technology into the McAfee SIEM line.
- **2012-04** — McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, formerly NitroView, was being integrated with McAfee threat intelligence, risk, vulnerability and asset data.

## Links

- Website: http://www.nitrosecurity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nitrosecurity

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