Norton

Norton is a security software registered trademark. It was founded by Peter Norton. Its parent company is NortonLifeLock. NortonLifeLock separated into two divisions in 2014. The first division worked on information management, and the second focused on security. 

Apart from making security software, the company also has a project name Norton Family Premier that offers cloud-based parental control services. The former name of the Norton Online Family. Plus, it also provides backup software that helps in keeping files and data safe. Therefore, its software has 25 GB of online storage that help you in backing up your photos and document from any user device. Also, some applications are available for mobile phones. 

Norton Highlights

• The founder of Norton is Peter Norton. 
• The Norton software was sold to Symantec in 1990.
• The Norton software is best for providing security services to businesses and enterprises. 
• The former name of Norton was Norton by Symantec.
• The Parent company of Norton products is NortonLifeLock. 

NortonLifeLock Introduction

The NortonLifeLock is the parent company of Norton. The former name of the company was Norton by Symantec Corporation. It is an American computer software company. The HQ of this company is located in Tempa, Arizona, USA. Gary Hendrix founded it in 1982. 

Additionally, this company's current chairman and CEO are Frank E. Dangeard and Vincent Pilette, respectively. The company also has development centers in Chennai, Bangalore, and Pune. This company is widespread worldwide for its premium quality cybersecurity software and services. 

Furthermore, it is a Fortune 500 company and also is a member of the stock market index S&P. Symantec decided in 2014 that it would divide the company into two parts by the end of the year 2015 and make it two independent public traded companies. 

History of NortonLifeLock

The NortonLifeLock company was founded in 1982 by Gary Hendrix. The initial name of the organization was Symantec, whose primary focus was Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects along with the database program. In 1984 Symantec had not any product because the advanced natural language and database system they had developed in two years could not be transmitted to PC from DEC minicomputers. Moreover, in the same year, the company got acquired by C&E Software, a smaller software company. Now, both companies were combined and named Symantec. 

After that, in 1990, Symantec got merged with Peter Norton Computer. In 1991 Norton’s team and Rod turner launched the Norton Antivirus. By the year 1993, about 82% of Symantec’s total revenue was from the Norton Products Groups. 

Additionally, the former VP of IBM, John W. Thomson, was the CEO of Symantec. He served from 1999 to 2009. In 2009 the company released a list of the ‘100 dirtiest websites’ containing the most malware. This list was made by the research and detection of the Norton Safe Web. In 2014 Michael Brown was interim CEO, interim president, and interim executive. Plus, Mr. Brown has been serving in Symantec (NortonLifeLock) as Interim president and chief executive since 2014. 

To protect the connected car from zero-day attacks, in 2016, this company introduced a product to carmakers. In the same year, Greg Clark took the position of CEO of the company. In 2019, Vincent Pilette was appointed as the CFO of the company. 

Norton Products

Below is the list of the products/services Norton offers

• Data Protection
• Endpoint Protection
• Mobile Security 
• Network Security
• Security Management
• Database Security
• Email & Web Security
• Risk and Compliance
• Security-as-a-Service (SaaS)
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)