A Cyber security firm, Sophos has once again been positioned in the lead on “Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management” award.
The quadrant is based on an assessment of a company’s ability to execute a completeness of vision. Sophos is one of three vendors to be placed in the Leaders quadrant in this latest report, and the only IT security company to be positioned as a Leader by Gartner in three security Magic Quadrant reports.
According to the Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Network Security Group at Sophos, Bryan Barney, network security is a critical pillar in protecting against today’s sophisticated and persistent threats – and is one of the fastest growing market segments in IT security.
“Our continued recognition as a leader in this Magic Quadrant validates our position at the forefront of this important and growing market,” he said. “As a recognised leader in both endpoint and network security and with over 100,000 customers in each segment, Sophos continues to deliver on our vision for a synchronised security platform that directly shares threat intelligence and the health status of all security products.
This strategy achieves more advanced levels of protection for enterprises of all sizes – while at the same time being easier to manage.” He added, “The Leaders quadrant contains vendors at the forefront of making and selling UTM products that are built for midsize-business requirements
. The requirements necessary for leadership include a wide range of models to cover midsize-business use cases, support for multiple features and a management and reporting capability that’s designed for ease of use,” said Mr Barney.
He added that vendors in this quadrant lead the market in offering new safeguarding features and in enabling customers to deploy them inexpensively without significantly affecting the end-user experience or increasing staffing burdens.
These vendors, he said, also have a good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products. He said that common characteristics include reliability, consistent throughput and products that are intuitive to manage and administer.
He further said that the Sophos network security business continues to grow faster than the market, adding that in Sophos’ fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, reported billings growth was 27.5 percent in network security business, which is well above the reported market growth of 7 per cent.
“In the same period, the UTM and next-generation firewall (NGFW) business represented approximately half of Sophos billings worldwide,” he concluded.