Helix Software Company Merge With Mcafee Network General Pgp Corporation Date Exclusive -

| Entity | What McAfee acquired | Purchase price | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Whole company (email & disk encryption) | ~$140 million | | Network General | Only the Helix DLP product line (not the whole company) | ~$65 million (for Helix) |

July 2010.

Here is the useful breakdown of what happened, when, and why it still matters for your organization’s data retention and software asset management. On July 19, 2010 , McAfee (then a public company) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Helix , Network General , and PGP Corporation in a single, coordinated move.

Simultaneously, a private equity firm () bought the remainder of Network General (the Sniffer and network analysis business).

If you’ve worked in enterprise security for the last 15 years, you’ve likely seen the names Helix , McAfee , Network General , and PGP Corporation on old asset registers, compliance reports, or legacy endpoint logs. What you might not know is that these companies didn’t just partner—they underwent a complex series of acquisitions and re-mergers that created the blueprint for modern endpoint security suites.