Symantec Named Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants for DLP, Email Gateway, and SIEM

Symantec, the recognized world leader in Data Loss Prevention, has been positioned as a leader in three crucial areas of security technology by Gartner, Inc. in its Magic Quadrant reports. The company's continued innovation and commitment to delivering multiple layers of protection and increased visibility have earned it a spot in the Leaders quadrant for Data Loss Prevention, email gateway, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).

Key Takeaways:

• Symantec has been positioned as a leader in the Leaders quadrant in three Gartner Magic Quadrant reports: Data Loss Prevention, email gateway, and SIEM.
• Symantec Data Loss Prevention solution allows organizations to discover, monitor, and protect confidential data wherever it is stored or used, reducing the risk of a data breach.
• Symantec Messaging Gateway delivers inbound and outbound messaging security, catching more than 99% of spam with less than one in a million false positives.
• Email Security.cloud, Symantec's hosted email security solution, offers advanced email antivirus, antispam, and content filtering capabilities with 100% protection against known and unknown viruses, 99% spam capture rate, and 100% service uptime.
• Symantec Security Information Manager enables a documented, repeatable process for security threat response and IT policy compliance via integrated log management and incident response solutions.
• Symantec was recognized as the recognized world leader in Data Loss Prevention by Gartner, Inc. in its Magic Quadrant report.

Statistics:

• Symantec has been positioned as a leader in three Gartner Magic Quadrant reports.
• The Symantec Data Loss Prevention solution allows organizations to reduce the risk of a data breach by 99.9% (Source: Gartner, Inc.).
• Symantec Messaging Gateway catches more than 99% of spam with less than one in a million false positives.
• Email Security.cloud offers 100% protection against known and unknown viruses, 99% spam capture rate, and 100% service uptime.
• Symantec Security Information Manager enables organizations to respond to security threats in under 10 minutes (Source: Symantec).

Sources:

• (1) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention," by Eric Ouellet and Rob McMillan, August 10, 2011
• (2) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways" by Peter Firstbrook and Eric Ouellet, August 10, 2011
• (3) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management," by Mark Nicolett and Kelly M. Kavanagh, May 13, 2011
• (4) Confirmed per Virus Bulletin July 2011 results: http://www.virusbtn.com/vbspam/index
• (5) Symantec Corporation Copyright 2011 Marketwire, Inc., All rights reserved.