Symantec Positioned as a Leader in the Endpoint Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant
January 2011 by Marc Jacob
Symantec Corp. today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2010 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP).
“Attention to better software management and maintenance is the key to reducing the attack surface and protecting users from social engineering attacks, ” notes the Magic Quadrant report, which positions vendors based on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. "Application control, configuration management, and vulnerability detection and remediation are the most effective proactive forms of malware defense. These methods reduce the overall attack surface and neuter the vast majority of threats.”
Symantec Endpoint Protection integrates antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention, device and application control and optional network access control to deliver unmatched defense against malware for laptops, desktops and servers. It seamlessly integrates essential security technologies in a single agent and management console, increasing protection and helping lower total cost of ownership.
To address the challenges of endpoint security as a result of complex IT infrastructures, virtualized environments and consumerization of IT, Symantec has consistently augmented its endpoint security offering from a technology, efficacy and performance perspective. In a recent series of tests measuring the performance of enterprise and small business endpoint security solutions conducted by PassMark Software, Symantec Endpoint Protection outperformed all competitive products.