The Planet offers F-Secure’s Antivirus Solution

May 09, 2006: First US-based Hosting Provider to do so

F-Secure today announced that The Planet, one of the world’s largest and best known server and Internet hosting providers based in the US, will add F-Secure antivirus solutions to its services portfolio, becoming the first to offer this security service in the US market. F-Secure’s security software will protect The Planet’s Windows servers now and Linux servers shortly from such Internet threats as viruses, trojans, and worms.  From now on, The Planet’s customers will be able to subscribe for a monthly fee to the antivirus services thus introducing a new level of data security to their online pursuits.

The Planet has demonstrated its continued commitment to offer a comprehensive suite of advanced security solutions to its customers and truly understands the nature of today’s complex and rapidly spreading Internet threats, stated Curtis Cresta, Vice President and General Manager, North America. We are pleased to partner with The Planet to enable them to offer their customers more reliable, robust, and high-quality protection on their hosting environment.

The Planet, which hosts over 26,000 servers, is widely known within the industry for it’s high standards when providing security and professional services as well as meeting the demanding regulatory compliance requirements placed upon the hosting and managed services providers.

For F-Secure, as a global IT security vendor battling such threats as virus writers, botnet assaults, phishing scams and organized crime which target Information and Communication Technologies, it is a great time to join forces with such a high-standard and professional organization as The Planet. They certainly meet our high expectations as a Security as a Service partner, says Jimmy Ruokolainen, Business Manager for Service Programs at F-Secure headquarters.

F-Secure security solutions and services delivers the highest level of protection and the fastest response to malware threats and exploits, stated Martin Rosas, Sr. Director, Information Security, The Planet. F-Secure’s state-of-the-art security technology coupled with its flexible business model clearly satisfied our need for a solid antivirus solution to elevate our current security portfolio. Now we are able to not only protect our customers’ servers from the end-point perspective against hackers and attackers, be even more so provide proactive measures against threats such as server hi-jacking and vulnerabilities in the operating system. Curtis Cresta
F-Secure Inc.
Vice President and General Manager, North America
Tel: 408-350-2329
Email: curtis.cresta@f-secure.com
Kristin Herring
The Planet
Director of Marketing
Tel: 214-782-7768
Email: kherring@theplanet.com