Virus news January 11, 2006

The president of security vendor McAfee Inc. has resigned to become CEO of Websense Inc., where he will help expand the company’s security offerings, according to a statement released by Websense.


McAfee confirmed that Gene Hodges had submitted his resignation, effective immediately. His team will now report to George Samenuk, McAfee’s chairman and CEO.

Hodges will oversee Websense’s business strategy and all its day-to-day operations. He is also expected to be appointed to the company’s board.

He will help Websense expand its product offering from a “nice-to-have” Web filtering system to a “must-have” layer of Web security, said the Websense statement.

Hodges succeeds John Carrington, Websense’s CEO since May 1999. Carrington will remain at Websense as executive chairman.

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