Top 10

Managed XDR is MDR with a wider aperture: analysts monitoring correlated telemetry from endpoints, network, email, identity, and cloud rather than endpoints alone. Deploying modern Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions helps bridge coverage gaps across hybrid environments, while...

MDR gives you a 24/7 security operations team without hiring one. Modern Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services fuse advanced analytics with continuous human oversight to contain intrusions across distributed environments. CrowdStrike Falcon Complete scores highest on detection and...

Palo Alto Cortex XDR scores highest in our 2026 evaluation, with CrowdStrike close behind on detection engineering and Microsoft Defender XDR leading on economics for organizations already holding E5. Modern Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions correlates signals from...

Firewall-as-a-service moves inspection, IPS, and policy into the cloud, so every user and site gets the same protection without appliances to size, patch, or refresh. Zscaler is our top FWaaS pick for 2026 on the strength of the industry’s...

A web application firewall (WAF) filters malicious HTTP/S traffic SQL injection, cross-site scripting, credential stuffing, and API abuse before it reaches your applications. Cloudflare is our top WAF pick for 2026 on the strength of protection-per-dollar and a massive attack-visibility...

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) records what happens on your endpoints, detects attacker behaviour that prevention missed, and gives you the ability to investigate and contain it. CrowdStrike leads on detection engineering and threat intelligence, SentinelOne on autonomous response, and...

Macs get malware. Not as much as Windows, but the volume of macOS infostealers harvesting browser credentials, crypto wallets, and keychain data has grown sharply, and they arrive through cracked software, fake installers, and malicious ads rather than exploits....

Business antivirus has become endpoint security: prevention, detection, and response in one agent rather than signature scanning alone. CrowdStrike leads on detection engineering and threat intelligence, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint wins on economics for Microsoft 365 E5 organizations, and...

Palo Alto Networks scores highest in our 2026 evaluation of managed firewall service, with Fortinet close behind on breadth and value and Cato Networks leading on cloud-native delivery. A managed firewall service transfers day-to-day firewall operation policy changes,...

Tufin scores highest in our 2026 evaluation of network security policy management (NSPM) tools, with AlgoSec close behind on application-centric automation and FireMon leading on real-time change detection. NSPM tools discover, analyse, and automate firewall and security policy across multi-vendor...