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SecureWorks, Inc Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, SecureWorks, Inc. is a U.S.-based managed security services provider that protects clients' computer, network and information assets from malicious activity or cybercrime. The company boasts more than 2000 customers most of which are mid sized businesses in a variety of industries.

Company History, Mergers and Acquisitions
SecureWorks was founded as a privately held company in 1999 under Michael R. Cote. Cote became President and CEO in 2002. Under Cote's leadership the company grew rapidly and the global client roster soon exceeded 1,800. In 2005, and again in 2006, the company was named to the Inc 500 (2005, 2006 ) and Deloitte’s Fast 500

In 2006, SecureWorks merged with LURHQ Corporation and the new entity continued under the SecureWorks corporate name. LURHQ, which was founded in 1996 in Myrtle Beach, SC and provided managed security services to large enterprises, had similar company cultures and leadership to SecureWorks. Therefore, the merger exceeded expectations for synergy and financial results. With the merger, SecureWorks was able to leverage Sherlock, a program developed by LURHQ, to unify clients onto a single integrated security management platform. Sherlock evaluates billions of events daily to find those that require attention by security analysts who are on staff 24x7x365. Sherlock also provides ticketing and workflow management needed to evaluate, escalate and resolve security incidents.

In 2009, SecureWorks acquired the Managed Security Services (MSS) business from VeriSign, Inc., a trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, and grew to more than 500 employees worldwide. The acquisition strengthened SecureWorks' position as a global, pure-play security services provider and expanded its client roster to approximately 2,600 clients in more than 50 countries, including the U.K., Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Finland, Spain, Brazil and Mexico. This includes four of the Fortune 10. Also in 2009, SecureWorks acquired the then 10 year old dns Limited. This aquision expands SecureWorks global operation to include a UK-based operations center and additional offices in London and Edinburgh.

Company Services
Through secure operations centers in Atlanta, Georgia, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Chicago, Illinois, the company's services are offered at varying levels of involvement, including:


 * Fully outsourced security management and monitoring
 * Co-management of security devices (i.e. firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and intrusion detection systems)
 * 24/7 monitoring for security incidents
 * Supply of a hosted security information management (SIM) platform for organizations monitoring security activity internally

SecureWorks provides clients with host intrusion prevention, vulnerability scanning, email filtering and email encryption. Additionally, SecureWorks offers consulting services to aid with information security program development and implementation, pen testing, web application security testing, Experian and Equifax certifications, PCI certification, phishing take-down and many other custom services.

Software Development
While SecureWorks is not a software manufacturer or reseller, the company does develop technologies that enable or enhance its services. The first such software was, iSensor® a network intrusion prevention device that allows for rapid countermeasure deployment and updates across all clients in short periods of time.

Official Websites

 * SecureWorks Website
 * Secureity Tools
 * Research Blog

News and Financial Reports

 * Hoovers Company Profile
 * SecureWorks Threat Analyses - In depth research published by the Counter Threat Unit.
 * USA Today (June 2007): While he served abroad, his credit was under siege
 * ComputerWorld (May 2007): New and improved version of Gozi Trojan horse on the loose
 * Wall Street Journal(May 2007): Cyber Attack Vexes Estonia, Poses Debate''
 * PR Newswire (December 2009): SecureWorks Expands Its Global Operations and Services with the Acquisition of UK-based dns Limited
 * InfoSecurity.com (Dec 2009): Email Zeus trojan scams on the rise

Michael R. Cote
Mike Cote became president and CEO of SecureWorks in February of 2002. Under his leadership, the firm grew organically to become the fastest-growing Internet security services company in the world with compound annual growth rates exceeding 200% to date. Prior to joining SecureWorks, Cote held executive positions with Talus Solutions, a pricing and revenue management software firm acquired by Manugistics in 2000. Cote joined Talus from MSI Solutions, a web application development and systems integration company where, as Chief Operating Officer, he helped fuel the company's growth from $3 million to $25 million in revenues in three years. In addition to other technology executive roles, Cote's early career included international assignments with KPMG and systems engineering and marketing roles with IBM.

iSensor®
iSensor is SecureWorks' proprietary, NSS-approved network intrusion prevention appliance. Performing in-line deep packet inspection, iSensor eliminates malicious inbound and outbound traffic in real-time. iSensor features more than 50,000 unique countermeasures including signatures, anomaly detection, anti-spyware and other proprietary blocking mechanisms. SecureWorks’ highly-respected security research group continuously updates iSensor's countermeasures, ensuring protection against zero-day attacks and other emerging threats.