Symantec a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways for the 11th Consecutive Time
December 06 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Evaluation based on completeness of vision and
ability to execute
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber
security company, today announced that it has been named by
Gartner, Inc. as a Leader in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Secure Web
Gateways.
This is the eleventh consecutive time that Symantec (under the
Blue Coat name prior to Symantec’s August 2016 acquisition) has
been positioned as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Secure Web
Gateways. This year, Gartner evaluated 11 vendors on 15 criteria
based on completeness of vision and ability to execute and
positioned each vendor within the Magic Quadrant. Symantec was
positioned highest on the ability to execute axis by Gartner.
Employees are increasingly accessing web content from a variety
of devices and locations, creating challenges for security and IT
teams to protect critical information from threats across the
cloud, web, mobile networks, social media, and web-based email. The
Symantec Secure Web Gateway product family includes cloud-delivered
services and on-premises gateways that protect employees from
malicious traffic and risky websites, and help secure sensitive
information. These gateways deliver advanced threat prevention and
compliance capabilities, enforcing security policies for all
connected users regardless of location or device across networks,
the web and cloud applications.
Built on an advanced proxy architecture that authenticates every
user and enables deep inspection and control of encrypted web
traffic, Symantec’s Secure Web Gateways offer a comprehensive set
of capabilities designed to address the unique security and
compliance challenges facing enterprises today. In addition to core
proxy controls, the gateway includes malware inspection engines,
sandboxing, data loss prevention (DLP), and cloud access security
broker (CASB), as well as integration with multi-factor
authentication. Symantec was the first in the industry to integrate
innovative browser isolation into its Secure Web Gateways, enabling
web browsing without risk of network and endpoint infection by
isolating zero-day malware and advanced threats.
Symantec’s Secure Web Gateway has unique hybrid capabilities,
including the ability to deploy gateways as appliances in large
corporate data centers, combined with the Web Security Service in
the cloud to support remote branches and mobile users. In hybrid
deployments, Symantec’s gateways can be managed through a single
policy administration console.
“As part of Symantec’s Integrated Cyber Defense Platform
approach, our Secure Web Gateways provide protection
to users from threats that originate from interactions with
the web and is a key element
to help ensuring security across the network, cloud,
and endpoints,” said Art Gilliland, EVP and GM Enterprise
Products, Symantec. “We are proud to be recognized for our
consistent leadership in helping protect users
wherever they go and on whatever device they are using, while
enabling more efficient, effective security for the cloud
generation.”
More information on Symantec Secure Web Gateway:
https://www.symantec.com/products/secure-web-gateway
Source: Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways,"
Lawrence Orans, Peter Firstbrook, Nov. 26, 2018.
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About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world's leading cyber
security company, helps organizations, governments and people
secure their most important data wherever it lives. Organizations
across the world look to Symantec for strategic, integrated
solutions to defend against sophisticated attacks across endpoints,
cloud and infrastructure. Likewise, a global community of more than
50 million people and families rely on Symantec's Norton and
LifeLock product suites to protect their digital lives at home and
across their devices. Symantec operates one of the world's largest
civilian cyber intelligence networks, allowing it to see and
protect against the most advanced threats. For additional
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