IDC's Security Products service offers market sizing and vendor share analysis for key segments within the worldwide security software, hardware, and hosted services (SaaS) markets. The service covers endpoint security, messaging security, network security, Web security, security and vulnerability management (SVM), and identity and access management (IAM). IDC focuses on providing tactical and strategic perspectives to improve a company's visibility in this dynamic market. The service is a key resource to help guide clients through the upcoming transitions in technologies and clarify opportunities within the security industry. This service offers insight into the latest trends based on qualitative data, interviews with key market players, end-user interaction, and financial reporting. Subscribers to this service receive direct access to IDC's top industry experts, who can supply competitive analysis and positioning advice, identify strategic partnering opportunities, assist with speaking to the investment community, provide press quotes, and more.

• Endpoint security
• Network security
• Messaging security
• Web security
• Security and Vulnerability Management (SVM)
• Identity and Access Management
• Mobile security
• Consumer security
• Encryption
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

• eXtended Threat Management (XTM)
• Virtual security appliances
• Convergence of DLP and encryption (IPC)
• Hybrid security solutions
• Rise of Security 3S (Security, Storage, System Management)
• Federated IAM
• Web 2.0 security
• Regulatory compliance
• Endpoint security's influence on remote access/mobile security
• Security software-as-a-service (SaaS)
• End-user purchasing strategies

1. What is the market opportunity for security software vendors versus hardware vendors?
2. What are the key requirements to gain share in the security market, and who are the leading vendors?
3. Is security management the key to cost reduction, administrative efficiency, and greater security for heterogeneous environments?
4. Which mature markets are collapsing into product features, and which immature markets promise high growth?
5. How will endpoint solutions lower administration costs and improve security for wired and wireless environments?
6. Is DLP a feature of another security solution or a standalone product?
7. Will system, network, and security management converge?

IDC analyzes the strategies, market positions, and future directions of major vendors in the security products market. A representative list of these vendors may include:

Aladdin Knowledge Systems, ArcSight, Astaro, Barracuda, Blue Coat, Borderware, CA, Check Point, Cisco, Clearswift, Credant, EMC, Entrust, ESET, Fortify, Fortinet, F-Secure, Gemalto, Google, HP, IBM, Juniper, Kaspersky Labs, Lucent, Lumension, McAfee, MessageLabs, Microsoft, MX Logic, NetForensics, NetIQ, Nokia, Novell, Oracle, PassLogix, PGP, Postini, Proofpoint, Qualys, RSA, SafeNet, Secure Computing, Sendmail, Shavlik, SonicWALL, Sophos, Sourcefire, St. Bernard, Symantec, Trend Micro, Tumbleweed Communications, Vericept, VeriSign, WatchGuard, Webroot, and Websense.

This service focuses on the following core research. In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct additional research on specific topics, or emerging market segments, via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.

These studies provide ongoing forecast and analysis coverage for the major security markets, including firewalls/VPNs, secure content management, encryption, intrusion detection/vulnerability assessment, and 3As.

These studies examine the overall security market and include software, hardware, and services perspectives. This research defines, sizes, forecasts, and compares all sectors of the security market. It also provides consolidated market shares for the top vendors.

This annual survey details the forces driving the adoption of security technologies, the experience and detection of various security breaches, budgets, and the use and demand of security solutions.

This document series examines new security markets, such as identity management, provisioning, security management, Web services, applications security, and secure storage. Because these emerging markets cross boundaries and combine previously autonomous security markets, these documents are important elements in understanding changes in security products.

These studies uncover end-user implementation strategies for security technologies as well as the challenges encountered and results achieved.

These documents provide real-world examples of vendors and the issues they face as well as outline the companies' current and future product offerings.

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