Yanayi na dijital

Gen Digital Inc. (tsohon Symantec Corporation da Norton Inc.) kamfani ne na software na kasa da kasa wanda ke da hedikwatar a duka Prague, Jamhuriyar Czech (EU) da Tempe, Arizona (Amurka). Kamfanin yana ba da software na tsaro na cyber, fasahar kudi, da ayyuka. Gen kamfani ne na Fortune 500 kuma memba ne na S & S&P 500 stock-market index. An jera shi a duka NASDAQ da Prague Stock Exchange . [1] Takardar ta ta hada da Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, MoneyLion da CCleaner.[2]

A ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2014, Symantec ta bayyana cewa za ta rabu zuwa kamfanoni biyu masu zaman kansu a ƙarshen 2015. Ɗaya daga cikin kamfanoni zai mai da hankali kan tsaro, ɗayan kuma kan Gudanar da bayanai. A ranar 29 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2016, Symantec ta sayar da reshen kula da bayanai, mai suna Veritas, kuma wanda Symantec ya samu a shekara ta 2004, [1] ga The Carlyle Group. [2] A ranar 8 ga watan Agusta, 2019, Broadcom ta ba da sanarwar cewa za su sayi sashen software na Tsaro na Symantec don dala biliyan 10.7.[3] Bayan sayen, Symantec ya zama sananne da NortonLifeLock . [4][5] Bayan kammala hadewa da Avast a watan Satumbar 2022, kamfanin ya karbi sunan Gen Digital . [6]

## Tarihi

### 1982 zuwa 1989
An kafa shi a 1982 ta hanyar Gary Hendrix tare da tallafin Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Kasa, Symantec da farko an mayar da hankali kan ayyukan da suka shafi hankali na wucin gadi, gami da shirin bayanai.[1] Hendrix ya hayar da masu bincike da yawa na harshe na halitta na Jami'ar Stanford a matsayin ma'aikatan kamfanin na farko.[1]

A shekara ta 1984, ya bayyana a fili cewa ingantaccen harshe na halitta da tsarin bayanai wanda Symantec ya haɓaka ba za a iya canza shi daga ƙananan kwamfutocin DEC zuwa PC ba.[1] Wannan ya bar Symantec ba tare da samfurin ba, amma tare da ƙwarewa a cikin tsarin tambayoyin bayanan harshe na halitta da fasaha.[2] A sakamakon haka, daga baya a cikin 1984, wani ƙaramin kamfanin farawa na software, C&E Software, wanda Denis Coleman da Gordon Eubanks suka kafa kuma Eubanks ne ya jagoranci Symantec.[2] C&E Software ta haɓaka haɗin sarrafa fayil da shirin sarrafa kalmomi da ake kira Q&A.[2]

The merged company retained the name Symantec.[1] Eubanks became its chairman, Vern Raburn, the former president of the original Symantec, remained as president of the combined company.[2] The new Symantec combined the file management and word processing functionality that C&E had planned, and added an advanced Natural Language query system (designed by Gary Hendrix and engineered by Dan Gordon) that set new standards for ease of database query and report generation. The natural language system was named "The Intelligent Assistant". Turner chose the name of Q&A for Symantec's flagship product, in large part because the name lent itself to use in a short, easily merchandised logo. With a user interface designed by director of product management, Brett Walter, Q&A was released in November 1985. [ana buƙatar hujja][citation needed]

In 1986, Vern Raburn and Gordon Eubanks swapped roles, and Eubanks became CEO and president of Symantec, while Raburn became its chairman.[1] After this change, Raburn had little involvement with Symantec, and in a few years, Eubanks added chairmanship to his other roles. [ana buƙatar hujja][citation needed] After a slow start for sales of Q&A in the fall of 1985 and spring of 1986, Rod Turner, a Symantec Sr. Executive, signed up a new advertising agency called Elliott/Dickens, embarked on an aggressive new advertising campaign, and came up with the "Six Pack Program" in which all Symantec employees, regardless of role, went on the road, training and selling nationwide in the United States. Turner named it Six Pack because employees were to work six days a week, see six dealerships per day, train six sales representatives per store and stay with friends free or at Motel 6.[2] Simultaneously, a promotion was run jointly with SofSell (which was Symantec's exclusive wholesale distributor in the United States for the first year that Q&A was on the market). This promotion was very successful in encouraging dealers to try Q&A.

A wannan lokacin, mambobin kwamitin su Jim Lally da John Doerr sun shawarci Symantec cewa idan zai rage kudaden da ya kashe kuma ya kara kudaden shiga don cimma burin kudi, to Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers za su goyi bayan kamfanin don tara karin kudaden shiga. Don cimma wannan, ƙungiyar gudanarwa ta yi aiki da jadawalin rage albashi inda shugaban da Shugaba za su karɓi albashi, duk mataimakan shugabanni za su karɓar raguwar albashi na 50%, kuma duk sauran ma'aikatan sun ragu da 15%. An kori ma'aikata biyu. Eubanks ya kuma tattauna da rage yawan haya a kan ofishin da kamfanin ya hayar a zamanin Symantec na asali. Wadannan raguwar kudade, haɗe da tallace-tallace na kasa da kasa na Q&A, sun ba kamfanin damar samun matsala

Ƙarin ƙaruwa ga Q & A daga wannan sake farawa ya haɓaka kudaden shiga na Symantec sosai, tare da nasarar farko ga Q & Am a kasuwannin duniya (an aika sigar Jamusanci kawai makonni uku bayan sigar Amurka, kuma ita ce software ta farko a duniya da ke tallafawa Harshe na Jamusanci) bayan Turner ya jaddada kafa rarraba tallace-tallace na duniya da nau'ikan Q & Alamu da yawa daga jigilar farko.

A cikin 1985, Rod Turner ya tattauna yarjejeniyar bugawa tare da David Whitney don samfurin Symantec na biyu, wanda Turner ya kira NoteIt (mai amfani da bayanin Lotus 1-2-3). A bayyane yake ga Turner cewa NoteIt zai rikitar da tashar dillalin idan an ƙaddamar da shi a ƙarƙashin sunan Symantec saboda Symantec ya gina sha'awa ta wannan matakin a cikin Q & A (amma har yanzu ba a aika shi ba), kuma saboda ƙananan farashi don mai amfani ba za a fara janyo hankalin tashar dallalin ba har sai an gina buƙata. Turner ya ji cewa ya kamata a sayar da samfurin a ƙarƙashin sunan alama na musamman.

Turner da Gordon E. Eubanks Jr., shugaban kamfanin Symantec Corporation, sun amince da kafa sabon bangare na Symantec, kuma Eubanks ya ba da sunan ga Turner. Turner ya zaɓi sunan Turner Hall Publishing, don zama sabon ɓangaren Symantec wanda aka sadaukar don buga software da kayan aiki na ɓangare na uku. Manufar rabuwa ita ce ta bambanta kudaden shiga da hanzarta ci gaban Symantec. Turner ya zaɓi sunan Turner Hall Publishing, ta amfani da sunansa na ƙarshe da na Dottie Hall (Director of Marketing Communications) don isar da ma'anar kamfani mai ɗorewa, wanda aka kafa tun da daɗewa.[1][2] Turner Hall Publishing ta farko bayar da shi shi ne Note-It, wani notation utility add-in ga Lotus 1-2-3, wanda David Whitney ya haɓaka, kuma ya ba da lasisi ga Symantec.[3][4] Samfurinsa na biyu shine Katin Turner Hall, wanda shine RAM 256k, katin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya na rabin, da farko an yi shi don ƙara ƙwaƙwalwan ajiyar da ke akwai don samfurin Symantec, Q & A. Har ila yau, sashen Turner Hall ya tallata katin a matsayin samfurin da ya dace. Samfurin na uku na Turner Hall, kuma ƙarin 1-2-3 shine SQZ! Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet amfani da Chris Graham Synex Systems.[5] A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1986 Eubanks da Turner sun dauki Tom Byers daga Binciken dijital, don fadada dangin samfurin Turner Hall Publishing da kuma jagorantar kokarin Turner Hall.

A cikin hunturu na 1986-87, sashen Turner Hall Publishing ya sami nasara tare da NoteIt, Turner Hall Card da SQZ!. Shahararren waɗannan samfuran, yayin da suke ba da gudummawa ga ɗan ƙaramin ɓangaren kudaden shiga ga Symantec, ya nuna ra'ayin cewa Symantec ya riga ya zama kamfani mai banbanci, kuma hakika, yawancin mahalarta masana'antu suna ƙarƙashin ra'ayin da Symantec ta sami Turner Hall Publishing. A shekara ta 1987, Byers ya dauki Ted Schlein a cikin Turner Hall Product Group don taimakawa wajen gina dangin samfurin da kuma talla.

Kudin shiga daga Q&A, da kuma Symantec da aka fara gabatar da shi a cikin kasuwar duniya, tare da Turner Hall Publishing, sun samar da kasancewar kasuwa da sikelin da ya ba Symantec damar yin haɗuwa / saye na farko, a watan Fabrairun 1987, na Breakthrough Software, mai yin software na gudanar da aikin TimeLine don DOS. Saboda wannan shi ne karo na farko da Symantec ta sami kasuwancin da ke da kudaden shiga, kaya, da abokan ciniki, Eubanks ya zaɓi canza komai a BreakThrough Software na watanni shida, kuma ainihin haɗin haɗin gwiwar ya fara ne a lokacin rani na 1987, tare da Eubanks na nada Turner a matsayin janar manajan sashin kasuwancin TimeLine, Turner ya zama alhakin nasarar hadewar kamfanin zuwa Symantec da ci gaban kasuwancin, tare da P & L. An ba da fifiko mai yawa kan yin mafi ƙarancin rushewa ta Eubanks da Turner.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan sayen TimeLine / Breakthrough Software, Eubanks ya sake tsara Symantec, ya tsara kamfanin a kusa da kungiyoyin samfurori, kowannensu yana da ci gabansa, tabbacin inganci, tallafin fasaha, da ayyukan tallan samfur, da kuma janar manajan tare da riba da asarar alhakin. Tallace-tallace, kudi, da ayyukan ayyuka ayyuka ne na tsakiya waɗanda aka raba. Wannan tsari ya ba da kansa sosai ga ci gaban Symantec ta hanyar haɗuwa da saye. Eubanks ya sanya Turner janar manajan sabon TimeLine Product Group, kuma a lokaci guda na Q & A Product Group, sannan ya sanya Tom Byers janar manaja na Turner Hall Product Group. Turner ya ci gaba da gina da jagorantar kasuwancin duniya da tallace-tallace na kamfanin gaba ɗaya.TimeLine Product Group

A TimeLine Product Group, Turner ya fitar da tallace-tallace mai ƙarfi, gabatarwa da shirye-shiryen tallace-tafiye don hanzarta ƙarfin. A shekara ta 1989 wannan haɗuwa ta yi nasara sosai - halin rukunin samfurin yana da girma, ci gaban TimeLine ya ci gaba da sauri, kuma karuwar tallace-tallace da ƙoƙarin tallace-tafiye da aka yi amfani da su ya gina TimeLine a cikin jagorancin kasuwa a cikin software na gudanar da aikin PC akan DOS. Dukkanin kungiyoyin Q&A da TimeLine sun kasance masu fa'ida ga lafiya. Ruwa na riba da nasarar haɗuwa sun kafa mataki don haɗuwa da kuma sayen aikin kamfanin, kuma hakika sun ba da kuɗin asarar wasu rukunin samfuran da aka samu daga Biyu.[1] A shekara ta 1989, Eubanks ya hayar da John Laing a matsayin VP na tallace-tallace na duniya, kuma Turner ya sauya sashen duniya zuwa Laing. Eubanks ya kuma dauki Bob Dykes a matsayin mataimakin shugaban zartarwa na ayyukan da kudi, a cikin tsammanin IPO mai zuwa. A ranar 23 ga Yuni, 1989, Symantec ta sami IPO, ta buɗe a NASDAQ a matsayin "SYMC".[2]

### 1990 zuwa 1999
A watan Mayu na shekara ta 1990, Symantec ta sanar da niyyar haɗuwa da kuma samun Peter Norton Computing, mai haɓaka kayan aiki daban-daban don DOS. An nada Turner a matsayin manajan rukunin samfuran don kasuwancin Norton, kuma an sanya shi da alhakin haɗuwa, tare da alhaken P & L. An sanya Ted Schlein manajan rukunin samfuran don kasuwancin Q&A.

Ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar Peter Norton ya fara nan da nan yayin da kamfanonin suka nemi amincewa don haɗuwa, kuma a watan Agustan 1990, Symantec ta kammala sayan - a wannan lokacin haɗin kamfanonin ya riga ya cika. Har yanzu ana sayar da rigakafin masu amfani da Symantec da kayan aikin sarrafa bayanai a ƙarƙashin sunan Norton. A lokacin hadewar, Symantec ya gina a kan kasancewar Turner Hall Publishing a cikin kasuwar amfani, ta hanyar gabatar da Symantec Antivirus don Macintosh (SAM), da Symantech Utilities don Macintesh (SUM). Wadannan samfuran biyu sun riga sun kasance shugabannin kasuwa a kan Mac, kuma wannan nasarar ta sanya haɗin Norton ya fi dabarun. Symantec ya riga ya fara ci gaba da shirin rigakafin DOS shekara guda kafin haɗuwa da Norton. Kungiyar gudanarwa ta yanke shawarar shiga kasuwar rigakafi a wani bangare saboda an ji cewa kasuwar rigakanfi ta haifar da aiki mai yawa don ci gaba da kasancewa a gaban sabbin ƙwayoyin cuta. Kungiyar ta ji cewa Microsoft ba zai yiwu ya sami wannan ƙoƙari mai kyau ba, wanda zai tsawaita ƙarfin kasuwa ga Symantec. Turner ya yanke shawarar amfani da sunan Norton saboda dalilai na bayyane, a kan abin da ya zama Norton Antivirus, wanda Turner da ƙungiyar Norton suka ƙaddamar a 1991. A lokacin haɗuwa, kudaden shiga na Norton sun kasance kusan 20 zuwa 25% na haɗin haɗin. A shekara ta 1993, yayin da Turner ke jagoranta, kudaden shiga na rukunin samfuran Norton sun karu zuwa kusan kashi 82% na jimlar Symantec.

A wani lokaci Symantec kuma an san shi da kayan aikin ci gaba, musamman THINK Pascal, THINK C, Symantec C ++, Kasuwancin Kasuwanci da Kunshin Visual Cafe waɗanda suka shahara a kan dandamali masu jituwa na Macintosh da IBM PC. Wadannan layin samfurori sun samo asali ne daga sayen da kamfanin ya yi a ƙarshen 1980s da farkon 1990s. Wadannan kasuwancin da sayen Living Videotext ba su da fa'ida ga Symantec, kuma waɗannan asarar sun karkatar da kudade daga duka Q & A don Windows da TimeLine don ƙoƙarin ci gaban Windows a lokacin mawuyacin lokaci daga 1988 zuwa 1992. Symantec ya fita daga wannan kasuwancin a ƙarshen shekarun 1990 yayin da masu fafatawa kamar Metrowerks, Microsoft da Borland suka sami babban rabon kasuwa.

A shekara ta 1996, an zargi Kamfanin Symantec da yaudarar bayanan kudi a keta GAAP. 

### 2000 zuwa 2014

Daga 1999 zuwa Afrilu 2009, Shugaba John W. Thompson ne ya jagoranci Symantec, tsohon VP a IBM. A lokacin, Thompson shine kawai Ba'amurke-Ba'amurke wanda ke jagorantar babban kamfanin fasahar Amurka. A watan Afrilun shekara ta 2009 ne shugaban kamfanin na Symantec mai suna Enrique Salem ya gaje shi.[1] A karkashin Salem, Symantec ta kammala sayen kasuwancin Verisign's Certificate Authority, ta kara yawan rabon su na wannan kasuwar.

A cikin shekara ta 2009, Symantec ta fitar da jerin sunayen "100 mafi ƙazanta" a lokacin, waɗanda ke ƙunshe da mafi yawan Malware kamar yadda Norton Safe Web ya gano.

An kori Salem ba zato ba tsammani a cikin 2012 saboda rashin jin daɗi kuma Steve Bennett ya maye gurbinsa, tsohon Shugaba na Intuit da GE.[1] A watan Janairun 2013, Bennett ya ba da sanarwar babban sake tsara kamfanoni, tare da burin rage farashi da inganta layin samfurin Symantec. Ya ce tallace-tallace da tallace-tafiye "sun kasance masu tsada sosai amma ba su samar da sakamako mai inganci ba". Ya kammala cewa "Tsarinmu kawai ya lalace".[2]

Robert Enderle na CIO.com ya sake nazarin sake tsarawa kuma ya lura cewa Bennett yana bin tsarin Janar Electric na kasancewa mai da hankali ga samfurin maimakon mai da hankali kan abokin ciniki. Ya kammala cewa "Kashewar gudanarwa ta tsakiya yana cire adadi mai yawa na ma'aikatan da aka biya sosai. Wannan zai inganta layin Symantec amma rage ƙwarewar da ake buƙata don tabbatar da samfuran inganci a cikin dogon lokaci. "[1]

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2014, Symantec ta kori Steve Bennett daga mukaminsa na Shugaba kuma ta kira Michael Brown a matsayin shugaban rikon kwarya da shugaban zartarwa. Ciki har da Shugaba na wucin gadi, Symantec yana da Shugabannin 3 a cikin kasa da shekaru biyu.[1][2] A ranar 25 ga Satumba, 2014, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar nadin Michael A. Brown a matsayin shugabanta da kuma babban jami'in zartarwa.[3] Brown ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban rikon kwarya na kamfanin kuma babban jami'in zartarwa tun daga ranar 20 ga Maris, 2014. [4] Mista Brown ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin daraktocin kamfanin tun watan Yulin 2005 bayan sayen kamfanin VERITAS Software Corporation. Mista Brown ya yi aiki a kan kwamitin daraktocin VERITAS tun shekara ta 2003. [5]

#### Kasuwancin gudanar da bayanai na 2014
 
A ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2014, Symantec ta ayyana cewa kamfanin zai raba zuwa kamfanoni biyu masu zaman kansu a ƙarshen 2015. [1] Symantec za ta ci gaba da mai da hankali kan tsaro, yayin da za a kafa sabon kamfani da ke mai da hankali ga Gudanar da bayanai. Symantec ta tabbatar a ranar 28 ga Janairu, 2015, cewa za a kira kasuwancin gudanar da bayanai kamfanin Veritas Technologies Corporation, yana nuna dawowar sunan Veritas.[2] A watan Agustan 2015, Symantec ta amince da sayar da Veritas ga ƙungiyar masu zaman kansu da kungiyar The Carlyle Group ke jagoranta don dala biliyan 8. An kammala siyarwar ne a watan Fabrairun 2016, wanda ya juya Veritas zuwa kamfani mai zaman kansa.[3]

### 2016 zuwa yanzu
A watan Yulin 2016, Symantec ta gabatar da samfurin don taimakawa masu kera motoci kare motocin da aka haɗa daga hare-haren rana. Symantec Anomaly Detection for Automotive samfurin IOT ne ga masana'antun kuma yana amfani da ilmantarwa na inji don samar da nazarin tsaro a cikin mota. Greg Clark ya ɗauki matsayin Shugaba a watan Agustan 2016. 

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2016, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar niyyar samun kamfanin kare sata na LifeLock na dala biliyan 2.3. 

A watan Agustan 2017, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar cewa ta amince da sayar da sashin kasuwancin ta wanda ke tabbatar da asalin shafukan yanar gizo ga Thoma Bravo. Tare da wannan saye, Thoma Bravo yana shirin haɗa sashin kasuwancin Symantec tare da kamfaninsa na takardar shaidar yanar gizo, DigiCert . 

A ranar 4 ga Janairu, 2018, Symantec da BT (tsohon British Telecom) sun ba da sanarwar haɗin gwiwar su wanda ke ba da sabon kariya ta tsaro.

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2018, Symantec ta fara binciken cikin gida don magance damuwar da tsohon ma'aikaci ya tayar,   wanda ya sa ya jinkirta rahoton samun kudin shiga na shekara-shekara.

A watan Agustan 2018, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar cewa asusun ajiyar Starboard Value ya gabatar da 'yan takara biyar don tsayawa don zaben ga kwamitin daraktocin Symantec a taron shekara-shekara na Symantec na 2018. [1] Wannan ya biyo bayan shigarwa da jadawalin 13D ta Starboard wanda ke nuna cewa ya tara kashi 5.8% a Symantec.[2] A watan Satumbar 2018, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar cewa 'yan takara uku na Starboard sun shiga kwamitin Symantec, biyu tare da sakamako nan take (ciki har da Manajan Starboard Peter Feld) da kuma daya bayan Taron Shekara na 2018 na Masu Kasuwanci.[3]

A ranar 9 ga Mayu, 2019, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar cewa Clark zai sauka kuma wannan memba na kwamitin Rick Hill, wanda Starboard ya gabatar a baya, an nada shi shugaban rikon kwarya da Shugaba.[1] Vincent Pilette ya kuma shiga Symantec a matsayin sabon CFO.[1]

A ranar 8 ga watan Agusta, 2019, Broadcom ta ba da sanarwar cewa za su sayi sashen software na Symantec na dala biliyan 10.7. [1] Wannan ya faru ne bayan da aka yi ƙoƙari ya sayi duk kamfanin. Iyalin Norton na kayayyaki za su kasance a cikin fayil ɗin Symantec. An rufe sayarwa a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 2019, kuma daga baya, kamfanin ya karɓi sunan NortonLifeLock kuma ya sake komawa hedkwatarsa daga Mountain View, California zuwa ofisoshin LifeLock a Tempe, Arizona.[2][3]

A cikin 2021, an kara wani crypto-miner zuwa samfurin Norton 360, wanda ake kira Norton Crypto. Da zarar mai amfani ya kunna shi, Norton Crypto yana hakar Ethereum (ETH) ta amfani da katin zane-zane na na'urar da aka shigar yayin da ba ta aiki. Shirin kuma yana ƙirƙirar amintaccen walat a kan wannan na'ura.[1][2] Norton ya sanar da cewa yana kashe fasalin har abada a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 2022, saboda haɗuwa da Ethereum.[3]

NortonLifeLock da Avast na Amurka, jagora ne na tsaro na yanar gizo na Turai wanda ke zaune a Jamhuriyar Czech wanda Eduard Kučera da Pavel Baudiš suka kafa a cikin 1988 [1] wanda aka jera a kan Kasuwancin Kasuwancin London tun lokacin da IPO na 2018 ya haɗu a cikin yarjejeniyar da aka sanar a watan Yulin 2021 kuma an kammala shi a watan Satumbar 2022, suna samar da sabon kamfani mai yawa da ake kira Gen Digital.[2] Wannan haɗuwa ta haifar da babbar kamfani ta tsaro ta yanar gizo tare da manyan nau'ikan samfuran da samfuran, gami da Norton, Avast, LifeLock da sauransu. Hukumar Kula da Kasuwanci da Kasuwancin Burtaniya ta amince da hadewar a watan Satumbar 2022.[3]

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2024, Gen Digital ta ba da sanarwar cewa ta shiga yarjejeniya ta ƙarshe don samun MoneyLion.[1] A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2025, Gen Digital ta kammala sayen MoneyLion a cikin yarjejeniyar dala biliyan 1.

A watan Fabrairun 2025, software na rigakafin rigakafi na Norton ya kara aikin Genie AI don kariya ta zamba.

## Kayayyakin

### Norton
Norton product line includes Norton AntiVirus, Norton Small Business, Norton Family, Norton Mobile Security, Norton Online Backup, Norton 360, Norton Utilities and Norton Computer Tune Up.&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup> Norton's line also includes LifeLock and [[Reputation.com|ReputationDefender]].

In 2012, PC Tools iAntiVirus was rebranded as a Norton product under the name iAntiVirus, and released to the Mac App Store. Also in 2012, the Norton Partner Portal was relaunched to support sales to consumers throughout the EMEA.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

### Avast
Layin samfurin Avast ya haɗa da Avast Antivirus, Avast Premium Security, Avast Cleanup, Avast Secure Browser, da Avast SecureLine VPN. Ya zuwa 2017, shi ne mafi mashahuriyar mai sayar da rigakafi a kasuwa kuma yana da mafi girman kasuwar kasuwa.

### AVG
Layin samfurin AVG ya haɗa da AVG AntiVirus, AVG Internet Security, AVG Secure VPN, AVG PC TuneUp, da AVG Driver Updater. A baya kamfani ne na jama'a a watan Fabrairun 2012, Avast ta saye shi a watan Yulin 2016 don dala biliyan 1.3.

### Avira
Layin samfurin Avira ya haɗa da Avira Free Security, Avira Internet Security, Avira Prime da Avira Phantom VPN.

### Sauran
Sauran samfuran da Gen Digital ke bayarwa sun haɗa da CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy, Defraggler, HMA, da SONAR.

## Haɗuwa da saye

### ƘAYA!
A cikin 1993, Symantec ta sami ACT! ƘAYA! Contact Software International. Symantec ya sayar da ACT! zuwa SalesLogix a cikin 1999. A lokacin shine mafi mashahuriyar aikace-aikacen CRM a duniya don Windows da Macintosh. 

### Gaskiya
On December 16, 2004, Veritas and Symantec announced their plans for a merger. With Veritas valued at $13.5 billion, it was the largest software industry merger to date. Symantec's shareholders voted to approve the merger on June 24, 2005; the deal closed successfully on July 2, 2005. July 5, 2005, was the first day of business for the U.S. offices of the new, combined software company. As a result of this merger, Symantec includes storage- and availability-related products in its portfolio, namely Veritas File System (VxFS), Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM), Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR), Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), NetBackup (NBU), Backup Exec (BE) and Enterprise Vault (EV).&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

A ranar 29 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2016, Symantec ta sayar da Veritas ga Ƙungiyar Carlyle . 

=== Sygate ===
A ranar 16 ga watan Agusta, 2005, Symantec ta sayi Sygate,  wani kamfanin software na tsaro wanda ke zaune a Fremont, California, tare da kimanin ma'aikata 200.  Ya zuwa Nuwamba 30, 2005, duk samfuran firewall na Sygate an dakatar da su.

=== Altiris ===
A ranar 29 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2007, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar shirye-shiryen sayen [[Information Technology|IT]]="Altiris">Altiris,  kuma a ranar 6 ga watan Afrilu, shekara ta 2007, an kammala sayen.  Altiris ta ƙware a cikin software na gudanarwa wanda ke ba da damar ƙungiyoyi su sarrafa kadarorin IT. Hakanan yana ba da software don ayyukan yanar gizo, tsaro da samfuran sarrafa tsarin. An kafa shi a cikin 1998, Altiris yana da hedkwata a [[Utah]]" id="mwAj0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lindon, Utah">Lindon, Utah . 

=== Vontu ===
A ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, 2007, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar sayen Vontu, kamfanin Data Loss Prevention (DLP), don dala miliyan 350.

=== Kasuwancin Gudanar da Ayyuka na Aikace-aikace ===
A ranar 17 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2008, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar [1] cewa tana janye kasuwancin Application Performance Management (APM) da layin samfurin i3 zuwa Vector Capital. [2] Precise Software Solutions ta ɗauki ci gaba, sarrafa samfur, tallace-tallace da tallace-tafiye don kasuwancin APM, ƙaddamarwa a matsayin kamfani mai zaman kansa a ranar 17 ga Satumba, 2008. [3]

=== Kayan aiki na PC ===
A ranar 18 ga watan Agusta, 2008, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya don samun kayan aikin PC. A karkashin yarjejeniyar, PC Tools za su kula da ayyuka daban-daban. Ba a bayyana sharuddan kudi na saye ba. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2013, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar cewa suna dakatar da layin PC Tools na software na tsaro na intanet. [1]

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2013, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar cewa suna dakatar da kuma yin ritaya ga duk alamar PC Tools kuma suna ba da lasisi mara ƙare ga PC Tools Performance Toolkit, PC Tools Registry Mechanic, PC Toils File Recover da PC Tools Privacy Guardian masu amfani da biyan kuɗi har zuwa 4 ga Disamba, 2013.[1]

=== AppStream ===
A ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 2008, Symantec ta kammala sayen AppStream, mai ba da sabis na Palo Alto, California na software na ƙayyadaddun ƙarshe. An samo AppStream don haɓaka tsarin gudanar da ƙarshen Symantec da fayil ɗin virtualization da dabarun.

=== MessageLabs ===
A ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 2008, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar niyyar samun MessageLabs na Gloucester (wanda ya fito daga Star Internet a cikin 2007) don bunkasa kasuwancin Software a matsayin Sabis (SaaS). Symantec ta sayi saƙon kan layi da mai ba da tsaro na yanar gizo don kimanin dala miliyan 695 a tsabar kudi.[1] An rufe sayen a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 2008. [2]

=== PGP da GuardianEdge ===
On April 29, 2010, Symantec announced its intent to acquire PGP Corporation and GuardianEdge.[1] The acquisitions closed on June 4, 2010, and provided access to established encryption, key management and technologies to Symantec's customers. [ana buƙatar hujja][citation needed]

=== Tabbatar da gaskiya ===
A ranar 19 ga Mayu, 2010, Symantec ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya ta ƙarshe don samun sashin tabbatar da kasuwanci na Verisign, wanda ya haɗa da takardar shaidar Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Verisign Trust da Verisign Identity Protection (VIP). [1] An rufe sayen a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 2010. A watan Agustan 2012, Symantec ta kammala sake fasalin ta na Verisign SSL Certificate Service ta hanyar sake sunan Verisign Trust Seal da Norton Secured Seal . [2] Symantec ta sayar da sashin SSL ga DigiCert don dala miliyan 950 a tsakiyar shekara ta 2017.[3]

=== Rukunin Mulki ===
Acquired on October 10, 2010, RuleSpace is a web categorisation product first developed in 1996.[1] The categorisation is, automated using what Symantec refers to as the Automated Categorization System (ACS). It is used as the base for content filtering by many UK ISP. [ana buƙatar hujja][citation needed]

=== Tsarin Clearwell ===
A ranar 19 ga Mayu, 2011, Symantec ta ba da sanarwar sayen Clearwell Systems na kimanin dala miliyan 390. 

=== Ofishin Rayuwa ===
On January 17, 2012, Symantec announced the acquisition of cloud email-archiving company LiveOffice. The acquisition price was $115 million.[1] Last year,  Symantec joined the cloud storage and backup sector with its Enterprise Vault.cloud and Cloud Storage for Enterprise Vault software, in addition to a cloud messaging software, Symantec Instant Messaging Security cloud (IMS.cloud). [ana buƙatar hujja][citation needed] Symantec stated that the acquisition would add to its information governance products,[1][2] allowing customers to store information on-premises, in Symantec's data centers, or both.

=== Software na Odyssey ===
A ranar 2 ga Maris, 2012, Symantec ta kammala sayen Odyssey Software. Babban samfurin Odyssey Software shine Athena, wanda shine software na sarrafa na'urar da ya faɗaɗa software na Cibiyar Tsarin Microsoft, yana ƙara ikon sarrafawa, tallafawa da sarrafa na'urorin hannu da na'urori masu sakawa, kamar wayoyin salula da na'urar hannu.[1][2]

=== Nukona ===
Symantec ta kammala sayen Nukona, mai ba da sabis na Mobile Application Management (MAM), a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 2012.  An sanar da yarjejeniyar saye tsakanin Symantec da Nukona a ranar 20 ga Maris, 2012. 

=== NitroDesk ===
A watan Mayu 2014 Symantec ta sami NitroDesk, mai ba da TouchDown, aikace-aikacen wayar hannu na ɓangare na uku na EAS.

=== Tsarin Blue Coat ===
A ranar 13 ga Yuni, 2016, an ba da sanarwar cewa Symantec ta sayi Blue Coat Systems don dala biliyan 4.65. 

=== LifeLock ===
A cikin 2017, Symantec ta sami LifeLock,   kuma ta sake masa suna zuwa NortonLifeLock a cikin 2019.

=== Avira ===
NortonLifeLock ya sayi kamfanin tsaro na Jamus Avira a watan Disamba na 2020 don dala miliyan 360. 

=== Avast ===
A watan Agustan 2021, NortonLifelock ya amince da haɗuwa da kamfanin software na tsaro na Czech Avast. Hukumar Kula da Kasuwanci da Kasuwancin Burtaniya ta tabbatar da hadewar dala biliyan 8.1 a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 2022. Kamfanin daga baya ya karbi sunan Gen Digital.

=== MoneyLion ===
A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2024, Gen Digital Inc. ta ba da sanarwar niyyar samun MoneyLion a farashin ma'amala kusan dala biliyan daya; yarjejeniyar ta rufe a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, shekara ta 2025.  Tare da saye, an kara kayan aikin gudanar da kudi na MoneyLion da dandalin shawarwarin AI a cikin fayil ɗin Gen.

== Wuraren da ke duniya ==
Gen Digital has dual headquarters in [[Prag|Prague]], [[Kazech|Czech Republic]] ([[Tarayyar Turai|EU]]) and Tempe, Arizona ([[Tarayyar Amurka|USA]]). It has development centers in India (Pune, Chennai and Bangalore) and also in the United States (Tempe, Arizona) and the Czech Republic (Prague). Additionally, the company has offices in Dublin, Ireland and London, United Kingdom.

== Damuwa da tsaro da jayayya ==

=== Maidowa ===
A ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, shekara ta 2004, kamfanin ya ba da sanarwar cewa ya gano kuskure a cikin lissafin kuɗin shiga da aka jinkirta, wanda ke wakiltar gyare-gyare na dala miliyan 20.

=== Ƙarshen ƙwayoyin cuta ===
Zuwan shekara ta 2010 ya haifar da kwari a Symantec Endpoint. Symantec ta ba da rahoton cewa malware da sabuntawa na kariya tare da "ranar da ta fi 31 ga Disamba, 2009, 11:59 na yamma  dauke su 'ba na zamani ba.'" Kamfanin ya kirkiro kuma ya rarraba aikin don batun.

=== Rashin yiwuwar tserewa ===
In March 2010, it was reported that Symantec AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security were prone to a vulnerability that might allow an attacker to bypass on-demand virus scanning, and permit malicious files to escape detection.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

### Rashin lafiyar hare-haren hana sabis
A watan Janairun shekara ta 2011, an bayar da rahoton raunuka da yawa a cikin samfuran Symantec waɗanda za a iya amfani da su ta hanyar harin ƙin sabis, kuma ta haka ne a daidaita tsarin. Kayayyakin da ke ciki sune Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition Server da Symantec System Center.

A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2012, Vulnerability Bulletin of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) ya ba da rahoton wannan rauni ga tsofaffin nau'ikan tsarin Symantec's Antivirus: "Injin decomposer a cikin Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0, Symantec endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.0, Symantech AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x, da Symantec Scan Engine (SSE) kafin 5.2.8 ba ya yin bincike na abubuwan da ke cikin fayil ɗin CAB mai yiwuwa, wanda ke cikin fayilo mai nisa, wanda ke ba da izinin CAB ya haifar da izini mai nisa ba, wanda ke aiki na ɓarnawa, wanda ke haifar da izinin fashewa, wanda ya haifar da damar yin amfani da izini na ɓarna) 

The problem relates to older versions of the systems and a patch is available. US-CERT rated the seriousness of this vulnerability as a 9.7 on a 10-point scale. The "decomposer engine" is a component of the scanning system that opens containers, such as compressed files, so that the scanner can evaluate the files within.&#x5B;**&#x5D;

### Shari'ar tsoro
A watan Janairun shekara ta 2012, James Gross ya shigar da kara a kan Symantec don rarraba na'urorin tsoratarwa na karya wanda ake zaton yana faɗakar da masu amfani game da batutuwan da ke tattare da kwamfutocinsu. Gross ya yi iƙirarin cewa bayan binciken, an gyara wasu kurakurai da matsaloli ne kawai, kuma na'urar daukar hoto ta motsa shi ya sayi aikace-aikacen Symantec don cire sauran. Gross ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya sayi aikace-aikacen, amma bai hanzarta kwamfutarsa ba ko cire ƙwayoyin cuta da aka gano. Ya hayar wani masanin ilimin lissafi na dijital don tallafawa wannan da'awar. Symantec ta musanta zargin kuma ta ce za ta kalubalanci shari'ar. Symantec ta daidaita asusun dala miliyan 11 (har zuwa $ 9 ga abokan ciniki sama da miliyan 1 da suka cancanci wakiltar adadin da aka biya don aikace-aikacen) kuma an kori karar a kotu.

### Fata lambar tushe
A ranar 17 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2012, Symantec ta bayyana cewa an sace hanyar sadarwar ta. Wani ɗan fashin kwamfuta da aka sani da "Yama Tough" ya sami lambar tushe don wasu software na Symantec ta hanyar fashin uwar garken gwamnatin Indiya. Yama Tough ya saki wasu sassan lambar kuma ya yi barazanar sakin karin. A cewar Chris Paden, mai magana da yawun Symantec, lambar tushe da aka dauka ita ce ga samfuran Kasuwanci waɗanda ke tsakanin shekaru biyar zuwa shida.

A ranar 25 ga Satumba, 2012, wani bangare na kungiyar 'yan fashi mai suna Anonymous ya buga lambar tushe daga Norton Utilities .  Symantec ta tabbatar da cewa wani bangare ne na lambar da aka sace a baya, kuma cewa ɓarkewar ta haɗa da lambar don nau'ikan 2006 na Norton Utilities, pcAnywhere da Norton Antivirus. 

### Rashin amincewa da bayanan gaskiya
A watan Fabrairun 2012, an ba da rahoton cewa an yi amfani da cibiyar sadarwa da bayanai ta Verisign akai-akai a cikin 2010, amma ba a bayyana laifuffukan a fili ba har sai an lura da su a cikin wani fayil na SEC a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2011. Verisign bai samar da bayani game da ko keta doka ya haɗa da kasuwancin ikon takardar shaidarsa ba, wanda Symantec ta samu a ƙarshen 2010. Oliver Lavery, darektan tsaro da bincike na nCircle, ya tambayi cikin maganganu, "Za mu iya amincewa da kowane shafin ta amfani da takaddun shaida na Verisign SSL? Ba tare da ƙarin bayani ba, amsar da ta dace ita ce a'a. "

### pcDuk inda ake amfani da shi
A ranar 17 ga Fabrairu, 2012, an buga cikakkun bayanai game da amfani da pcAnywhere. Amfani zai ba masu kai hari damar fashe pcAnywhere a kan kwamfutocin da ke gudana Windows. Symantec ta fitar da hotfix don fitowar kwana goma sha biyu bayan haka.

### Hacking na cibiyar sadarwa ta New York Times
A cewar Mandiant, samfuran tsaro na Symantec da The New York Times ta yi amfani da su sun gano daya daga cikin nau'ikan malware 45 da masu satar bayanai na kasar Sin suka sanya a cibiyar sadarwar jaridar a cikin watanni uku a ƙarshen 2012.  Symantec ya amsa:"Harin da aka ci gaba kamar waɗanda *New York Times* ta bayyana a cikin labarin da ya biyo baya, , ya jaddada yadda yake da mahimmanci ga kamfanoni, ƙasashe da masu amfani da su tabbatar da cewa suna amfani da cikakken damar mafita na tsaro a cikin abubuwan da suka gabata na duniya [Endpoint] suna ba da ke ba su damar yin amfani da kayan aikin da makomar gaba da ke tattare da makomar makomar makamancin makamancin da makamancin duniya ba kawai ba.[is]

### Kasuwancin Ilimi ya biyo baya
A watan Fabrairun 2015, an sami Symantec da laifin keta haƙƙin mallaka sau biyu a cikin karar da Intellectual Ventures Inc ta shigar kuma ta umarce ta da ta biya dala miliyan 17 a matsayin diyya da lalacewa,  A watan Satumbar 2016, an sake wannan shawarar a kan roko ta Tarayyar Tarayya.

### Ci gaba da tsaro na takardar shaidar dijital
A ranar 18 ga Satumba, 2015, Google ta sanar da Symantec cewa ta ba da takaddun shaida na gwaji 23 ga kungiyoyi biyar, gami da Google da Opera, ba tare da sanin masu mallakar yankin ba. Symantec ta sake yin wani binciken kuma ta sanar da cewa an ba da ƙarin takaddun shaida na gwaji 164 ba daidai ba don yankuna 76 kuma an ba da takaddun shaidar gwaji 2,458 ba daidai ba ga yankunan da ba a taɓa yin rajista ba. Google ya bukaci Symantec ta sabunta rahoton abin da ya faru na jama'a tare da tabbatar da bincike wanda ke bayanin cikakkun bayanai game da kowane gazawar.

An nemi kamfanin ya ba da rahoton duk takaddun shaida da aka bayar ga takaddun shaidar Bayyanawa daga nan gaba. Symantec tun daga lokacin ya ba da rahoton aiwatar da Takaddun shaida na Gaskiya ga duk Takaddun S.L. Fiye da duka, Google ya nace cewa Symantec ta gudanar da binciken tsaro ta wani ɓangare na uku kuma don kula da bayanan binciken tsaro masu tabbatar da rikice-rikice.

### Google da Symantec sun yi rikici a kan binciken tsaro na gidan yanar gizon
A ranar 24 ga Maris, 2017, Google ta bayyana cewa ta rasa amincewa da Symantec, bayan sabon abin da ya faru na bayar da takardar shaidar da ba ta dace ba. Google ya ce miliyoyin takaddun shaida na Symantec da ke akwai ba za a amince da su ba a cikin Google Chrome a cikin watanni 12 masu zuwa. A cewar Google, abokan hulɗa na Symantec sun ba da akalla takaddun shaida 30,000 na ingancin da ake tuhuma a cikin shekaru da yawa, amma Symantec ta yi jayayya da wannan lambar. Google ya ce Symantec ya kasa bin ka'idodin masana'antu kuma ba zai iya samar da binciken da ke nuna takardun da ake bukata ba.

Ryan Sleevi na Google ya ce Symantec ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da wasu CAs (CrossCert (Koriya Electronic Certificate Authority), Certisign Certificatadora Digital, Certsuperior S. de R. L. de C.V., da Certisur S.A.) waɗanda ba su bi hanyoyin tabbatarwa da suka dace ba wanda ke haifar da rashin bayar da takaddun shaida.

Bayan tattaunawar da Google ta buƙaci cewa Symantec ya ƙaura da ayyukan bayar da takardar shaidar Symantec wanda ba Symantec ke sarrafawa ba, [1] an sanar da yarjejeniya inda Digicert" id="mwA-I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="DigiCert">DigiCert ya sami kasuwancin tsaro na gidan yanar gizon Symantec. [2] A watan Satumbar 2017, Google ta ba da sanarwar cewa farawa da Chrome 66, "Chrome za ta cire amincewa da takaddun shaida da aka bayar kafin Yuni 1, 2016".[3] Google ya ci gaba da bayyana cewa "a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 2017, Symantec za ta sauya bayarwa da aiki na takaddun shaida da aka amince da su ga jama'a zuwa kayan aikin DigiCert, da takaddun da aka bayar daga tsoffin kayan aikin Symantec bayan wannan kwanan wata ba za a amince da su a Chrome ba. " Google ya annabta cewa zuwa ƙarshen Oktoba 2018, tare da sakin Chrome 70, mai bincike zai watsar da duk amincewar tsoffin kayan aiki na Symantec da duk takaddun shaidar da ya bayar, yana shafar mafi yawan takaddun takaddunonin da ke ɗaure zuwa tushen Symantec.[3] Mozilla Firefox ya shirya ya yi watsi da takaddun shaida da Symantec ta bayar a cikin Firefox 63 (wanda aka saki a ranar 23 ga Oktoba, 2018), amma ya kawo canjin a cikin Firefox 64 (wanda aka sake a ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2018). [4][5] Apple kuma ta shirya rashin amincewa da takaddun shaida na tushen Symantec.[6][7] Daga baya, Symantec ya fita daga ɓangaren TLS / SSL ta hanyar sayar da sashin SSL ga Digicert don dala miliyan 950 a tsakiyar 2017. [8]

### Norton Crypto
A ranar 20 ga Yuli, 2021, Norton LifeLock ya fitar da Norton Crypto, wanda zai haƙa Ethereum a bango don musayar biyan kuɗi na lokaci-lokaci.[1] Wannan ya jawo zargi daga masu amfani, kamar yadda aka shigar da wannan ta atomatik, kuma masu amfani da yawa sun ba da rahoton cewa suna da wahalar cire shirin.[2][3]

### Shari'ar Columbia ta keta haƙƙin mallaka
A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2022, Jami'ar Columbia ta lashe hukuncin dala miliyan 185 a kan NortonLifeLock Inc. a cikin karar keta doka.[1] Kotun ta gano cewa Norton da gangan ya keta takardun shaida da suka shafi maganin rigakafi. [2][3]

## Alamomi

Fayil:Symantec_Corporation_logo_1990.svg|1990-1999
Fayil:Symantec_Logo.svg|2001-2010
Fayil:Symantec_logo10.svg|2010-2019
Fayil:Logo_NortonLifeLock.svg|2019-2022
Fayil:Gen_logo.svg|2022–present


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* Kwatanta software na rigakafi
* Huawei Symantec, hadin gwiwa tsakanin Huawei da Symantec
* Rashin toshe yanar gizo a Ƙasar Ingila - Fasahar
* Symantec halayyar nazarin fasahar SONAR da AntiBot
* Bayyanawa ta yanar gizo ta Symantec 

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