Scansafe today announced that it has been ranked as the worldwide market leader in SaaS Web security, according to influential market research firm IDC. New data within the recently released Worldwide Web Security 2009–2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares report show that Scansafe holds over 30 percent of the worldwide SaaS Web security market – more than four times the market share of any other named vendors, including Websense, Blue Coat and Symantec.
According to the IDC report, which ranked vendor market share based on revenue, the Web security market consists of three distinct segments: software, appliances and SaaS. The SaaS sector of the market is forecast to reach $513 million by 2013, with a compound annual growth rate of 46.5 percent for the next five years. The growth in SaaS Web security is set to exceed the growth in software and appliances by a large margin.
“We are honored to be recognized by IDC as the leader in SaaS Web security,” said Eldar Tuvey, CEO at Scansafe. “Our dominant position and market share allow us to take advantage of powerful network effects to offer our customers lower costs, enhanced security through greater threat visibility and a proven, scalable platform for security of their Internet traffic.”
“Scansafe […] has been a pioneer in helping organizations defend against the Web 2.0 threat environment,” said Brian Burke, Program Director for IDC’s security program. “Web 2.0 environments have become a major source of malware distribution, identity fraud, privacy violations and corporate data loss.”
Scansafe’s suite of services includes Web Malware Scanning, Web Filtering and Anywhere+. All Scansafe solutions are powered by Outbreak Intelligence, a multi-layered combination of threat detection technology that includes leading third party anti-virus engines and proprietary heuristics. Unlike other solutions, which rely on URL databases to identify malicious sites, Scansafe ought to scan all Web requests in real time, so customers receive comprehensive protection from all threats, including threats that appear before an anti-virus signature is available. (Source: Scansafe/GST)