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{{Short description|Finnish cyber security company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = F-Secure Corporation
| logo = FS-logo.png
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{OMX|HEX258491|FSECURE}}
| foundation = 16 May 1988 (as Data Fellows)<br/>1999 (as F-Secure)
| founder = Petri Allas<br/>Risto Siilasmaa
| location = [[Helsinki, Finland]]
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Risto Siilasmaa]], [[Entrepreneurship|founder]] & [[chairman]]|Timo Laaksonen, [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]|[[Mikko Hyppönen]], Principal Research Advisor<ref name=ranger2014 />}}
| industry = [[Computer software]]
| products = [[Cybersecurity software]]
| services = [[Computer security]]
| revenue = {{increase}} [[Euro|€]]111.0 million (2022)<ref>[https://storage.mfn.se/6212cbc7-eb11-470c-9eb3-c3be37a5bcb8/f-secure-financial-statement-release-2022.pdf Financial statement 2022]</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} €38.8 million (2022)<ref name="results">{{cite web|work=F-Secure Corporation|title=Annual Report 2020|url=https://www.f-secure.com/content/dam/f-secure/en/investors/materials/interim-reports/2020/f-secure-interim-report-q4-2020.pdf|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418064128/https://www.f-secure.com/content/dam/f-secure/en/investors/materials/interim-reports/2020/f-secure-interim-report-q4-2020.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| assets = {{increase}} €62.7 million (2022)<ref name="results" />
| equity = {{increase}} €24.8 million (2022)<ref name="results" />
| num_employees = 350+ (2022)<ref name="results" />
| parent = 
| subsid = 
| owner = 
| homepage = {{url|https://f-secure.com}}
| footnotes = 
}}
'''F-Secure Corporation''' is a global [[cyber security]] and privacy company, which has its headquarters in [[Helsinki]], Finland. F-Secure develops and sells [[antivirus]], [[VPN]], [[password management]], and other consumer [[cyber security]] products and services for computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and [[internet of things]] devices. The company also offers several free-to-use tools on its website.

In 2022, F-Secure announced a demerger of its corporate and consumer businesses: the corporate business branch was renamed to WithSecure.

==History==
F-Secure was first established under the name Data Fellows by Petri Allas and [[Risto Siilasmaa]] on 16 May 1988. Data Fellows trained computer users and built customized databases. Three years later, the company launched its first major software project and developed the first [[heuristic]] scanner for [[antivirus]] products. F-Secure’s first antivirus product for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows PCs]] was launched in 1994. Data Fellows became F-Secure in 1999. F-Secure was the first company that developed an anti-[[rootkit]] technology called BlackLight in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/use-blacklight-to-remove-rootkits/|title=Using Blacklight to detect and remove Rootkits from your computer: Home|publisher=BleepingComputer}}</ref>

In June 2015, F-Secure expanded into the enterprise market by acquiring nSense, a Danish company that specialized in security consultation and vulnerability assessment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/fsecure-snaps-up-security-consultation-firm-nsense/ |title=F-Secure snaps up security consultation firm nSense: Home |publisher=[[ZDNet]] }}</ref> The purchase followed of Inverse Path, a privately owned Italian security consultancy with experience in avionics, automotive, and industrial control sectors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/450413134/F-Secure-acquires-consultancy-player-Inverse-Path/ |title=F-Secure F-Secure acquires consultancy player Inverse Path: Home |publisher=[[Computer Weekly]] |access-date=2017-03-13 |archive-date=2018-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118180957/http://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/450413134/F-Secure-acquires-consultancy-player-Inverse-Path/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

F-Secure Client Security received the [[AV-TEST]] Best Protection award for the fifth time in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.av-test.org/en/award/2016/best-protection-f-secure/ |title=The Independent IT-Security Institute: Home |publisher=[[AV-TEST]] |access-date=2017-03-13 |archive-date=2017-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313124702/https://www.av-test.org/en/award/2016/best-protection-f-secure/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 2018, F-Secure acquired security company MWR InfoSecurity for £80 million ($106 million). F-Secure gained the MWR consulting business (now F-Secure Consulting), its threat hunting product Countercept (now F-Secure [[Managed detection and response|Managed Detection and Response]]), and its suite of phishing protection services, phishd.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-06-18|title=F-Secure acquires MWR InfoSecurity|language=en-US|work=Help Net Security|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/06/18/f-secure-acquires-mwr-infosecurity/|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-06-18|title=F-Secure to buy cyber security firm MWR|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/mwr-ma-f-secure-idUSL8N1TK47W|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>   

On 17 February 2022 F-Secure announced a demerger of its corporate and consumer businesses. In conjunction with the demerger, the company was renamed as WithSecure Corporation.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Demerger &#124; WithSecure™ |url=https://www.f-secure.com/gb-en/investors/demerger}}</ref> The consumer security business was to be transferred into a new independent company and continue using the name F-Secure Corporation. The demerger came into effect 1 July 2022, when F-Secure was listed on [[Nasdaq Helsinki]] and the corporate business was completely separated from the company.<ref name="Nasdaq">{{cite web |title=Nasdaq Helsinki welcomes F-Secure after a partial demerger |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/nasdaq-helsinki-welcomes-f-secure-after-a-partial-demerger-2022-07-01 |website=Nasdaq |access-date=13 July 2022 |ref=Nasdaq |date=1 July 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Companies}}
* [[Internet security]]
* [[Comparison of antivirus software]]

==References==
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* <ref name=ranger2014>{{cite news | last=Ranger | first=Steve | title=Inside the secret digital arms race: Facing the threat of a global cyberwar | work=[[TechRepublic]] | url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/inside-the-secret-digital-arms-race/ | access-date=April 25, 2014 }}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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