Many companies avoid or minimize security breaches - in 2016, according to Identity Theft Resource Center, over 90% of the Fortune 10000 did not suffer a reportable security breach. What did the successful security teams do differently?
The SANS Best of Awards program was created to raise awareness of the solutions that organizations are using to successfully fend off attacks. By showcasing the solutions that are making a difference by reducing the business impact of cyberattacks in real world applications we believe we can help security professionals to reduce the number of successful intrusions.
Each year SANS surveys the SANS community for nominations for the SANS "Best of the Year" awards for products and services that have been successfully used to provide increases in both the effectiveness and efficiency of cybersecurity programs. In 2016 the products were voted on by security operations professionals and security managers from around the world, all of whom are actual users of these products.
The SANS Best of Awards are not driven by vendors, but by the people actually using these products. The Awards are an extension of the SANS WhatWorks Program which creates awareness of security programs and solutions that are actually being used to stop bad guys and improve security. The 2016 winners can be found below.
The Best of 2016 Award winners and Honorable Mentions
Vulnerability Assessment
Winner: Tenable Nessus
Honorable Mention: Rapid7 Qualys
Next Generation Firewall
Winner: Palo Alto Networks PA Series
Honorable Mention: CheckPoint Software Fortinet
Advanced Threat Detection
Winner: FireEye Intrusion NX
Honorable Mention: Snort Cisco
End Point Protection
Winner: Cylance Protect
Honorable Mention: Symantec Trend Micro
Application Security
Winner: Qualys WAS
Honorable Mention: Rapid7 Checkmarx (tie) Veracode (tie)
SIEM
Winner: LogRhythm Security Intelligence Platform
Honorable Mention: Splunk IBM
Threat Intelligence
Winner: Crowdstrike Falcon Intelligence
Honorable Mention: FireEye Threat Intelligence Cisco ThreatGrid
Endpoint Detection/Response
Winner: Carbon Black Platform
Honorable Mention: Palo Alto Network Traps CounterTack Sentinel
The Best of 2015 Award winners and Honorable Mentions
Vulnerability Assessment
Winner: Tenable Nessus
Honorable Mention: Rapid7 NMAP/Qualys
Next Generation Firewall
Winner: Fortinet Fortigate
Honorable Mention: Palo Alto Networks Cisco
Advanced Threat Detection
Winner: FireEye Intrusion NX
Honorable Mention: Snort Cisco/Sourcefire
End Point Protection
Winner: Symantec Endpoint Protection
Honorable Mention: Intel McAfee CarbonBlack (Bit9)
Application Security
Winner: Qualys WAS
Honorable Mention: Fortigate Fortiweb IBM Appscan
SIEM
Winner: IBM Security QRadar
Honorable Mention: Splunk HP ArcSight
Threat Intelligence
Winner: FireEye Threat Intelligence
Honorable Mention: Fortinet Tie: iDefense (Verisign)/RSA
Forensic Software
Winner: Guidance Software Encase Forensics
Honorable Mention: Access Data
The Best of 2014 Winners
Despite the growing number of breaches spotlighted in headline news, there are many organizations that are successfully avoiding or preventing breaches, yet we never hear about these successes. The SANS Best of Awards program was created to raise awareness of the solutions that organizations are using to successfully fend off attacks. By showcasing the solutions that are making a difference by reducing the business impact of cyberattacks in real world applications we believe we can help security professionals to reduce the number of successful intrusions.
SANS surveys the SANS community for nominations for the yearly SANS "Best of the Year" awards for products and services that have been successfully used to provide increases in both the effectiveness and efficiency of cybersecurity programs. In 2014 the products were voted on by more than 650 security operations professionals and security managers from within the SANS community, all of whom are actual users of these products.
The SANS Best of Awards are not driven by vendors, but by the people actually using these products. The Awards are an extension of the SANS WhatWorks Program which creates awareness of security programs and solutions that are actually being used to stop bad guys and improve security. The Best of 2014 Award winners and honorable Mentions include:
Vulnerability Assessment
Winner: Rapid7
Honorable Mention: Tenable Qualys
Next Generation Firewall
Winner: Palo Alto Networks
Honorable Mention: Cisco Fortinet
Advanced Threat Detection
Winner: FireEye
Honorable Mention: Lancope Cisco/Sourcefire
End Point Protection
Winner: Bit9
Honorable Mention: Symantec Sophos
Application Security
Winner: Qualys
Honorable Mention: Whitehat Security IBM Appscan
SIEM
Winner: LogRhythm
Honorable Mention: Splunk HP ArcSight
Threat Intelligence
Winner: FireEye Mandiant
Honorable Mention: LookingGlass Crowdstrike
Forensic Software
Winner: Norse
Honorable Mention: Guidance Software Access Data