Check Point has announced that it is again positioned as a Leader in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM).
This is the fourth consecutive year that Check Point has been named a Leader. Earlier this year, Check Point was named a Leader in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewall, a position it has held since 1999. This demonstrates the company’s top standing in providing comprehensive network security solutions for a full range of enterprise customers.
“The cost of data breaches and security threats are growing for all businesses. Small and midsize organizations are often at greater risk of cybercrime due to security compromises made from a lack of resources,” said Gabi Reish, vice president of product management at Check Point Software Technologies. “Check Point’s ongoing mission is to deliver the highest level of security to business and environments of any size. As such, we are thrilled to be named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management for the fourth consecutive year.”
According to Gartner, “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. 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 also have a good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products. Common characteristics include reliability, consistent throughput, and products that are intuitive to manage and administer."1