Security software vendor McAfee extended its managed security services this week with an offering of carrier-grade products.

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm announced the program, dubbed McAfee Clean Pipes, as part of an initiative to provide McAfee technology to Internet Service Providers (ISP) to help offer data and infrastructure security services to customers.

The initiatives will allow ISPs to offer their customers a ''value-added service intended to stop the latest security threats'' before they can impact networks, computing infrastructures or mobile devices, according to the company.

Vatsal Sonecha, vice-president of market development and strategic alliances at McAfee, said the initial portfolio of McAfee-enabled managed security services will consist of Intrusion Prevention, Secure Content Management, Vulnerability Management and Managed Anti-Malware, and Mobile Device Security.

''Service providers will be able to deliver these services individually or as a bundle to meet the unique needs of their end customers,'' he said.

As a managed security service, the initiative is part of a bigger product push from McAfee in an effort to sell platforms that service providers can install at their customers' sites and manage remotely.

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