RSA in Leaders Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management

BEDFORD, Mass., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today announced that it is positioned in the Leaders quadrant within Gartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).  The positioning is based on completeness of vision and ability to execute and evaluates its RSA enVision® Security Information and Event Management platform.  It appears in the May 13, 2010 report by Mark Nicolett and Kelly Kavanaugh entitled, "Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management."  

According to Gartner, "SIEM deployments are often funded to address regulatory compliance reporting requirements, but organizations should also use SIEM to improve threat management and incident response capabilities."

The RSA enVision platform is designed to give organizations a single integrated 3-in-1 log management solution for security information and event management to simplify compliance, enhance security operations, and optimize IT and network operations. The RSA enVision solution provides automated collection, analysis, and reporting of log and event data.  More than 2,200 customers have selected the RSA enVision platform.

"We are extremely proud that the report from Gartner positioned RSA in the Leaders quadrant," said Christopher Young, Senior Vice President, Products, Technologies and Markets.  "The RSA enVision platform brings value for customers of all sizes across the globe, helping to increase productivity and drive efficiency. The solution is engineered to make the right log and event data available at the right time to help customers make decisions, whether it is real-time alerts around suspicious activity, regularly scheduled reports or ad-hoc queries as part of an investigation."

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle -- no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used.

RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control, data loss prevention & encryption, compliance & security information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit www.RSA.com and www.EMC.com.

RSA, enVision and EMC are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation. in the United States and/or other countries. All other products and/or services mentioned are trademarks of their respective countries.

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