Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Vendors or products added in this year’s report may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
No vendors were added in this report.
Vendors or products dropped from one year to the next may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
In November 2023, Broadcom completed the acquisition of VMware. At the time of evaluation, both Broadcom and VMware met the inclusion criteria for this Magic Quadrant and operated as separate entities. Broadcom has publicly stated its intention to divest the Carbon Black product. The EPP market is no longer limited by vendors only offering EPP and EDR capabilities, and buyers are increasingly looking for fewer vendors to deliver a wider array of capabilities. Email security, identity threat detection and response and XDR are increasingly part of the purchasing decision.
A: We review and adjust our inclusion criteria for Magic Quadrants as markets change. As a result of these adjustments, the mix of vendors in any Magic Quadrant may change over time. A vendor's appearance in a Magic Quadrant one year and not the next does not necessarily indicate that we have changed our opinion of that vendor. It may be a reflection of a change in the market and, therefore, changed evaluation criteria, or of a change of focus by that vendor.