Symantec plans to sell its web security and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions business to DigiCert, a move that CEO Greg Clark said would allow the company to continue its focus on its ...

It’s not every day that we get to hear about billion-dollar tech players splitting into pieces. However, lately it seems to be a trend in the tech industry. Ebay Inc. (EBAY) and Hewlett-Packard ...

Symantec is for the first time granting customers access to the threat detection technology used by its internal research team, making it easier to discover targeted attacks. The Mountain View, Calif.

Symantec (SYMC 2.61%), the maker of Norton security services, recently agreed to buy security hardware, software, and service provider Blue Coat for $4.65 billion in an all-cash deal. Blue Coat, which ...

Antivirus giant Symantec is getting serious about encryption. The company announced Thursday that it's buying the encryption-focused firms PGP and Guardian Edge, paying $300 million for PGP and $70 ...

(Bloomberg) -- Broadcom Inc. is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, seeking a further expansion into the more profitable software ...

Symantec Corp., the world's largest security software company according to Gartner, announced yesterday a $500 million strategic investment from Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing.

Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn’t be the right platform for delivering them. Backup Exec.cloud is a pure ...

Critical security vulnerabilities have been found within Symantec and Norton products are "as bad as they get," according to security researchers. On Tuesday, Google's bug-hunting Project Zero team ...

Enterprise security is important for Symantec, accounting for roughly half its business, and as a growing number of companies switch to cloud-based services, cloud security is high on Symantec’s ...