Symantec Positioned as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
August 27 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Position based on completeness of vision and
ability to execute
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber
security company, today announced Symantec has been positioned by
Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the 2019 “Magic Quadrant
for Endpoint Protection Platforms.”
Since 2002, Symantec has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant
in every Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
report published. For the 2019 report, Symantec was evaluated
amongst 19 other vendors on 15 criteria points based on
completeness of vision and ability to execute.*
Endpoints are an attractive target for cyber criminals and the
number and type of endpoints accessing corporate assets is
constantly increasing. According to the report, “Security and risk
management leaders responsible for endpoint protection are placing
a premium on detection capabilities for advanced fileless threats
and investigation and remediation capabilities.”
Symantec’s Complete Endpoint Defense (CED) provides enterprises
with the visibility and coordinated capabilities they require to
protect their endpoint environment. Symantec’s endpoint solution
delivers attack surface reduction (including application isolation,
application control and Active Directory security), a full
preventative technology stack, and advanced detection and response,
along with expert cyber SOC analysts. The solution covers both
traditional endpoints and modern mobile devices, with
cloud-managed, on-premises and hybrid options – all delivered
through a single agent to streamline operations.
“Symantec’s endpoint security has been a consistent Leader in
the category and we’re proud to have been recognized by Gartner
once again,” said Adi Sharabani, senior vice president and general
manager, endpoint solutions, Symantec. “Symantec is constantly
innovating and adding new technologies to enhance endpoint security
for more effective preventions before and during attacks as well as
advanced breach detection and remediation to stop highly advanced
attacks. This defense in depth strategy is focused on both
traditional and modern operating systems to provide customers with
a complete and integrated solution to help protect against new and
known threats.”
More information on Symantec’s endpoint solutions can be found
here.
Source: Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection
Platforms,” Peter Firstbrook, Dionisio Zumerle, Prateek Bhajanka,
Lawrence Pingree, Paul Webber, 20 August 2019.
*Symantec was recognized in 15 reports published between
2002-2019; the former report titles include “Magic Quadrant for
Enterprise Antivirus.”
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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 help 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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