“Sourcefire is the only vendor in the Leader’s Quadrant to build our business around the intrusion prevention system, which means that we dedicate significant resources to ensuring that we deliver innovative solutions that protect customers from the latest threats,” notes John Burris, CEO of Sourcefire.

The Sourcefire IPS™ provides users with increased visibility into their networks, applications and the activities of their users, for more intelligent, effective, and efficient protection.  The Sourcefire IPS can automatically adapt to network changes--drastically reducing the number of actionable security events and allowing administrators to focus on the issues that matter most. 

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1Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention Systems” by Greg Young and John Pescatore. December 6, 2010 (ID Number: G00208628)

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