Length: 15 pages  
Natalie Lambert September 27, 2006
The Forrester Wave™: Client Security Suites, Q3 2006
McAfee Leads, With Symantec And Sophos Offering Viable Alternatives
by Natalie Lambert
with Jonathan Penn, Sarah Bernhardt

This is a document excerptEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Forrester evaluated leading client security suite vendors across 83 criteria and found that McAfee leads the market with its comprehensive functionality set and robust management capabilities. Symantec and Sophos are Strong Performers with feature-rich solutions for the threat mitigation market; however, both lack network access control and competitive administration features that can compete with McAfee. Finally, Panda Software and F-Secure offer strong threat protection and access control technologies but do not have a vision of — nor the resources to pursue — client security as anything more than a threat management solution. This is critical to client security solutions as they evolve beyond threat management to serve as an element of risk management and align more closely with business, not technology, threats.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemThe Advance Of Client Security Suites

itemThe Five Components Of Client Security Suites

itemThe Additional Components Of Tomorrow's Client Security Suites

itemClient Security Suite Evaluation Overview

itemEvaluation Criteria: Offering, Strategy, And Market Presence

itemEvaluated Vendors: Virus Protection And More

itemClient Security Suites Are Still Evolving

itemConducting Your Own Forrester Wave Analysis

itemVendor Profiles

itemLeader

itemStrong Performers

itemContenders

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester conducted survey-based evaluations in August 2006 and interviewed eight vendor companies: CA, F-Secure, Kaspersky Lab, McAfee, Panda Software, Sophos, Symantec, and Trend Micro.

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Analyst: Natalie Lambert
Technology: Client Security & Management, Infrastructure Security, IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Management, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Security & Risk
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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