Stonesoft Corporation is a vendor of network security solutions based in Helsinki, Finland. It was publicly owned until 2013 when it was acquired by Intel's subsidiary McAfee. Its product portfolio includes firewall/VPN devices, IPS (intrusion detection and prevention systems), and SSL VPN systems,[4] each available as hardware appliances, software, and VMware-certified virtual appliances.[5] Each of the components, as well as third-party devices, can be managed from the Stonesoft Management Center.[6] The product portfolio differentiates through unique clustering and load balancing technologies based on the company's older StoneBeat technology, originally developed for Check Point FireWall-1.