Top 30 Cybersecurity Categories by Buyer Activity
1. Firewalls
Mindshare Leader: Fortinet FortiGate (22.7%). Comparison Leader: Fortinet FortiGate (22.5%). Growth Leader: Cisco Secure Firewall. Top products by mindshare: Fortinet FortiGate 22.7%, OPNsense 11.1%, Cisco Secure Firewall 10.6%, Netgate pfSense 10.4%, Sophos Firewall 9.6%, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 6.9%, SonicWall NSa 4.6%, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security 4.1%, WatchGuard Firebox 2.7%, Juniper SRX Series Firewall 2.2%.
2. Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (11.0%). Comparison Leader: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (12.9%). Growth Leader: OpenText Core Endpoint Protection. Top products by mindshare: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 11.0%, CrowdStrike Falcon 7.5%, Symantec Endpoint Security 6.6%, HP Wolf Security 6.1%, Bitdefender GravityZone 5.7%, Kaspersky Endpoint Security 5.3%, Trend Micro Apex One 4.8%, SentinelOne Singularity Complete 4.5%, Trellix Endpoint Security Platform 3.8%, Cortex XDR 3.5%.
3. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Mindshare Leader: Wazuh (8.7%). Comparison Leader: Wazuh. Growth Leader: Wazuh. Top products by mindshare: Wazuh 8.7%, Splunk Enterprise Security 8.3%, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, Elastic Security, LogRhythm.
4. Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)
Mindshare Leader: Wiz (21.7%). Comparison Leader: Wiz (20.6%). Top products: Wiz 21.7%, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks 14.9%.
5. Network Access Control (NAC)
Mindshare Leader: Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) (23.2%). Comparison Leader: Cisco ISE (26.4%). Growth Leader: Portnox. Top products: Cisco ISE 23.2%, Aruba ClearPass 22.5%.
6. Enterprise Password Managers
Mindshare Leader: Azure Key Vault (18.2%). Comparison Leader: Azure Key Vault (23.6%). Top products: Azure Key Vault 18.2%, AWS Secrets Manager 16.2%, CyberArk, HashiCorp.
7. Vulnerability Management
Mindshare Leader: Tenable (13.8%). Comparison Leader: Tenable (26.4%). Top products: Tenable 13.8%, Wiz 10.1%, Qualys VMDR 8.2%.
8. Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
Mindshare Leader: Sophos MDR (9.1%). Comparison Leader: CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR (11.1%). Top products: Sophos MDR 9.1%, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete MDR 8.8%, SentinelOne, Huntress.
9. Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Azure Application Gateway (14.0%). Comparison Leader: Azure Application Gateway (17.2%). Top products: Azure Application Gateway 14.0%, F5 Advanced WAF 13.1%, Fortinet, Imperva, AWS WAF.
10. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (11.6%). Comparison Leader: CrowdStrike Falcon (14.5%). Top products: Microsoft Defender 11.6%, CrowdStrike Falcon 9.8%, Kaspersky, SentinelOne.
11. Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
Mindshare Leader: CrowdStrike Falcon (11.4%). Comparison Leader: CrowdStrike Falcon (13.9%). Top products: CrowdStrike Falcon 11.4%, Wazuh 9.1%, Darktrace, TrendAI, SentinelOne.
12. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Mindshare Leader: Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks (17.1%). Comparison Leader: Prisma Access (16.2%). Top products: Prisma Access 17.1%, Netskope 11.5%, Cato Networks 10.7%, Zscaler.
13. Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (10.7%). Comparison Leader: Microsoft Purview (13.4%). Top products: Microsoft Purview 10.7%, Forcepoint 8.0%, Varonis, Zscaler, Broadcom.
14. Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection
Mindshare Leader: Cloudflare (21.6%). Comparison Leader: Cloudflare (22.4%). Top products: Cloudflare 21.6%, NETSCOUT Arbor DDoS 10.6%, Radware, Imperva, Akamai.
15. Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (15.7%). Comparison Leader: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (25.5%). Top products: Microsoft Defender 15.7%, Wiz 14.5%, AWS GuardDuty 13.9%.
16. Authentication Systems
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Entra ID (10.6%). Comparison Leader: Fortinet FortiAuthenticator (11.8%). Top products: Microsoft Entra ID 10.6%, FortiAuthenticator 10.1%, RSA SecurID 8.2%, Cisco Duo 6.7%, Yubico YubiKey 6.4%.
17. Firewall Security Management
Mindshare Leader: Tufin Orchestration Suite (30.9%). Comparison Leader: Tufin (31.4%). Top products: Tufin 30.9%, AlgoSec 21.9%, FireMon 17.7%.
18. Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Intune (29.8%). Comparison Leader: Microsoft Intune (26.2%). Top products: Microsoft Intune 29.8%, Workspace ONE UEM 12.5%, ManageEngine 10.0%.
19. Anti-Malware Tools
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (12.6%). Comparison Leader: Microsoft Defender (13.8%). Top products: Microsoft Defender 12.6%, Check Point Harmony 5.5%, F-Secure 5.1%.
20. Single Sign-On (SSO)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Entra ID (19.9%). Comparison Leader: Okta Platform (20.7%). Top products: Microsoft Entra ID 19.9%, Okta 15.3%, Ping Identity 6.3%.
21. Network Detection and Response (NDR)
Mindshare Leader: Darktrace (20.1%). Comparison Leader: Vectra AI Platform (19.2%). Top products: Darktrace 20.1%, Vectra AI 14.4%, ExtraHop RevealX 7.6%.
22. Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
Mindshare Leader: OpenVPN Access Server (15.8%). Comparison Leader: Fortinet FortiClient (15.9%). Top products: OpenVPN 15.8%, FortiClient 8.8%, Ivanti 8.5%, Cisco 8.5%.
23. Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
Mindshare Leader: Black Duck SCA (17.0%). Comparison Leader: Black Duck SCA (20.0%). Top products: Black Duck 17.0%, Snyk 12.0%, JFrog Xray 9.0%.
24. Identity Management (IM)
Mindshare Leader: SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (16.5%). Comparison Leader: SailPoint (26.4%). Top products: SailPoint 16.5%, Microsoft Entra ID 14.4%, Saviynt 7.1%.
25. Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Mindshare Leader: CyberArk Privileged Access Manager (16.6%). Comparison Leader: CyberArk (18.5%). Top products: CyberArk 16.6%, BeyondTrust 11.8%, Delinea 9.0%.
26. Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Intune (31.2%). Comparison Leader: Microsoft Intune (41.3%). Top products: Microsoft Intune 31.2%, Workspace ONE UEM 11.5%, Jamf Pro 9.4%.
27. Domain Name System (DNS) Security
Mindshare Leader: Cisco Umbrella (31.6%). Comparison Leader: Cisco Umbrella (25.5%). Top products: Cisco Umbrella 31.6%, Infoblox 20.8%, Palo Alto Networks 9.3%.
28. Microsegmentation Software
Mindshare Leader: Illumio (28.6%). Comparison Leader: Illumio (45.7%). Top products: Illumio 28.6%, Akamai Guardicore 25.8%, VMware NSX 15.7%.
29. Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)
Mindshare Leader: Microsoft Sentinel (14.4%). Comparison Leader: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR (14.6%). Top products: Microsoft Sentinel 14.4%, Cortex XSOAR 9.4%, IBM QRadar 8.6%, Splunk SOAR 7.7%.
30. Unified Threat Management (UTM)
Mindshare Leader: Fortinet FortiGate (33.5%). Comparison Leader: Fortinet FortiGate (56.0%). Top products: Fortinet FortiGate 33.5%, WatchGuard Firebox 10.4%, Check Point 10.2%, Cisco Meraki MX 10.2%.