Stonesoft Corporation was a public company that developed and sold network security solutions based in Helsinki, Finland.

[4] Stonesoft conducted business globally, with a regional headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and sales offices throughout Europe, the Middle East, and China.

In July 2013, McAfee, a part of Intel Security, completed a tender offer to acquire all Stonesoft products and technologies.

The court "held that two members of the company's board of directors and a former CEO through gross negligence had failed to give a profit warning in due time".

Stonesoft defines the Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs) as "virtually limitless in quantity and unrecognizable by conventional detection methods.

"[12] According to Max Nyman, Stonesoft Corporation's Senior Marketing Manager, AETs can deliver malicious code without detection and without leaving trace.