McAfee named as worldwide leader by IDC for cloud security

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye has been named as a leader in the International Data Corporation (IDC) MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud Security Gateways 2021 Vendor Assessment for its MVISION Cloud technology.

The IDC MarketScape defines a cloud security gateway (CSG) as a security enforcement point that monitors cloud application usage by organizations to provide discovery, monitoring, and protection.

The cloud platform is a part of its MVISION Unified Cloud Edge (UCE) portfolio. McAfee Enterprise has been awarded because of its cloud registry and analytics, data loss prevention (DLP), and threat detection capabilities.

CSGs incorporate multiple security controls, including policy enforcement, threat detection, data loss prevention and user behavior analysis. Typical use cases for CSGs are data protection, shadow IT discovery, visibility and control of unmanaged devices, threat protection, compliance and security operations in infrastructure as-a-service (IaaS) environments.

“We believe this recognition is yet another validation of McAfee Enterprise’s cloud-native approach to helping businesses overcome the security challenges of adopting a multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environment,” Anand Ramanathan, senior vice president, product management, McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, said.

According to IDC’s report, McAfee Enterprise has a strong ecosystem of security solutions, including Secure Web Gateway, CSG and endpoint security that it can integrate to enable customers in their data loss prevention, User Behavior Analytics, XDR and threat prevention goals.

MVISION Cloud aims to transform the way IT security is deployed and managed. Together with McAfee Enterprise’s next-generation secure web gateway and MVISION private access products, McAfee said in a statement.