F-Secure, the leading Internet security service company,
recently announced that it partners with Australia's second largest
broadband carrier Optus to offer residential and small business
customers F-Secure’s PC protection service. Optus is the first
Australian Internet Service Provider (ISP) to offer security as a
service. Under the name Optus Internet Security Suite, the security
solution shields broadband customers from viruses, spyware, outside
attacks, and harmful content.
F-Secure hosts and manages the Security-as-a-Service platform.
Optus customers who subscribe to the service will have a very
seamless and automated protection
Mark Mulder, General Manager, Content and Portals, Optus
Consumer, says, "Optus is pleased to be partnering with F-Secure to
offer Optus Internet Security Suite to its customers. The
partnership enables Optus to provide a broadband connection that is
safe and secure from viruses, hackers and other Internet nasties.
We are offering this service until May 2008 free to all Optus
Broadband customers for the first twelve months."
"Security-as-a-Service allows ISPs to strengthen customer
loyalty, attract new customers and generate new revenue streams
from consumer security services such as parental control and spam
filtering," Jari Heinonen, Vice President, F-Secure APAC, says. "We
are happy to see major players like Optus take security very
seriously", he continued.
F-Secure is the clear leader in offering the
Security-as-a-Service concept through ISPs. The ISP partners that
F-Secure works with cover 25 per cent of all the broadband
subscribers in Europe and North America. F-Secure’s
Security-as-a-Service partners include major European ISPs such as
France Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, TeliaSonera in the Nordic area,
PCCW in Hong-Kong, VSNL and Reliance Communications In India, and
Charter Communications in Canada.
About F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses against
computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile
networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security
services in the market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of
our response. According to independent studies in 2004, 2005 and
2006 our response time to new threats is significantly faster than
our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are available
for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include
antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam
and antispyware solutions. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been
listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since 1999, and has been
consistently growing faster than all its publicly listed
competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we
have regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also
available as a service through major ISPs, such as France Telecom,
TeliaSonera, PCCW and Charter Communications. F-Secure is the
global market leader in mobile phone protection provided through
mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and mobile handset
manufacturers such as Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat
scenario news are available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab
weblog at
About Optus
Optus is an Australian leader in integrated communications -
serving more than six million customers each day. The company
provides a broad range of communications services including mobile,
national and long distance services, local telephony, international
telephony, business network services, Internet and satellite
services and subscription television.
For more Information:
Hazel Hassan, PR Manager
F-Secure Asia Pacific Region
Direct: +603 2264 0366
Mobile: +6017 272 4611
Email: hazlina.puspa.hassan@f-secure.com
