1、 2020 by The Enterprise Strategy Group,Inc.All Rights Reserved.By Jon Oltsik,ESG Senior Principal Analyst and Fellow February 2020 This ESG Research Insights Paper was commissioned by Cisco and is distributed under license from ESG.Toward Enterprise-class Cybersecurity Vendors and Integrated Product

2、 Platforms ESG RESEARCH INSIGHTS PAPER Enterprise Strategy Group|Getting to the bigger truth.Research Insights Paper:Toward Enterprise-class Cybersecurity Vendors and Integrated Product Platforms 2 2020 by The Enterprise Strategy Group,Inc.All Rights Reserved.Contents Executive Summary.3 Security Po

3、int Tools Pitfalls.3 Organizations are Changing Security Product Purchasing Behavior.5 Cybersecurity Vendor Consolidation.7 Toward Enterprise-class Cybersecurity Vendors.9 The Rise of Cybersecurity Technology Platforms.11 Cisco SecureX.13 The Bigger Truth.13 Research Insights Paper:Toward Enterprise

4、-class Cybersecurity Vendors and Integrated Product Platforms 3 2020 by The Enterprise Strategy Group,Inc.All Rights Reserved.Executive Summary Famed physicist,Albert Einstein,is attributed with this famous quote:“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting d

5、ifferent results.”Based upon ESG research,Einstein could have been talking about enterprise cybersecurity.Many organizations continue to address cybersecurity challenges with finite tactical changes,like adding a new network security control or force-fitting some type of backend analytics tool.In th

6、is scenario,any improvement in security efficacy is often offset by technical complexity and operational overhead.This can also lead to increasing cyber-risk,security incidents,and costly data breaches.Fortunately,organizations are digging deeper,looking for the roots of their problems,and then expl