TechRadar™: Zero Trust Network Threat Mitigation Technology, Q1 2015

Not a week goes by without news of network attacks and stolen data. Consumers routinely undergo the stress of fraudulent charges or compromised credit cards. Digital businesses lose millions in stolen intellectual property. Terms such as "botnet" have become part of our vocabulary. To combat the increasing sophistication of cybercriminals, hacktivists, and state-sponsored agents, security and risk (S&R) professionals find themselves on a never-ending quest to maintain the integrity of their extended networks and to protect their firm's most sensitive data. Before investing in yet another point product as part of a failed "expense in depth" strategy, S&R pros must thoroughly understand the technologies, their operational use cases, the required investment, and the potential for long-term market adoption in order to make an informed and educated purchase decision. This Techradar report, the road map document of the Security Architecture And Operations playbook, defines the use cases, business value, and outlook for the 15 technologies that comprise the most important network threat mitigation technologies. This includes core technologies such as email security gateways, web security gateways and next-generation firewalls, but it also includes emerging technologies such as cloud security gateways.