Verizon placed as a leader in Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Global MSSP

Verizon has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant in the “2014 Magic Quadrant for Global Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP)” report.

According to Gartner report, each of the service providers in the Leaders quadrant has significant mindshare among enterprises looking to buy an MSS as a discrete offering. These providers generally receive very positive reports on service and performance from Gartner clients. MSSPs in the Leaders quadrant are typically appropriate options for enterprises requiring frequent interaction with the MSSP for analyst expertise and advice, portal-based correlation and workflow support, and flexible reporting options.

Eddie Schwartz, Vice-President of global security solutions for Verizon Enterprise Solutions, said, “We believe Verizon is a leader in the managed security and consulting services space with extensive analytic assets and unparalleled visibility into the global threat landscape. The realities of today’s threat landscape require enterprises to focus on understanding the business context of an attack, and to take direct remedial action.

Verizon is a leader in delivering global managed security solutions to enterprises in the financial services, retail, government, technology, healthcare, manufacturing, energy and transportation sectors. Verizon combines powerful intelligence and analytics with an expansive breadth of professional and managed services, including customizable advanced security operations and managed threat protection services, next-generation commercial technology monitoring and analytics, rapid incident response and forensics investigations and identity management.

Verizon brings the strength and expert knowledge of more than 550 consultants across the globe to proactively reduce security threats and lower information risks to organizations.