Trend Micro exploring sale

[XIII]

Missed this (almost a month ago):

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/cybersecurity-firm-trend-micro-explores-sale-sources-say-2024-08-08/

Any updates on it?

(Trend Micro software is part of AiProtection in ASUS routers)

 

[sfx2000]

Interesting...

Wonder if they are looking to spin-off perhaps some of the business - they do business in many sectors, from ID Protection to Home End Point security to corporate and cloud services.

I worked with them many years back (early 2000's), and I can honestly say that I've never worked with a more passionate group of security professionals - they tend to be more low-key than some of the major "brands" in the business, but some of that might be cultural...

 

[RMerlin]

After having submitted somne feedback on their public beta tests in the early 2000`s, they invited me back then to join their PUG (Power User Group). We were not only running pre-release signatures (so something like Crowdstrike wouldn`t happen to their customers, we were their final line of test there, getting signatures a few hours before general availability), but also betatesting their yearly software releases, with free licences being provided to members. They even sent me a nice jacket at one point, with a "Trend Micro Power User Group" logo, in addition to various other freebies (I still have their notebook in my desk).

I was a member of PUG for a number of years, until I had decided to stop using their products. The whole experience was a really positive one, and gave me a positive view of the company itself.