Top 10 Cyber Security Companies:

 

Because of internet, world has become Global Village. Many kinds of personal and professional information is available online. With the increasing use of technology, threat to data security is also increasing.

Many news are heard about hacking incidents. In such circumstances, cyber security companies provide their services to secure client’s data. Many cyber security companies are protecting their customers all over world. Top 10 of the followings are:

1.     CISCO:

CISCO was established on December 10, 1984 in San Francisco, California United States. Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner are its founders. Its headquarters are in San Jose, United States. In the beginning it only provided networking services but with the passage of time according to customer needs they started facilitating with cyber security products and services. For example firewalls, VPN, malware protection, e-mail security, intrusion prevention system, security management and other security services. According to 2019 its revenueis $51.90 billion and 75, 900 employees work in this company.

2.     Fortinet:

Fortinet was founded in 2000. Its headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California. Its founder is Ken Xie and Michael Xie. It develops and sells cyber security products and services. For example, next generation firewalls, Fortinet Security, UTM, antivirus softwares, VPN, wireless security, antispam, antispyware, intrusion-prevention system etc. Its revenue is $2.16 billion. More than 6000 employees work and put their efforts in this company.

3.     Palo Alto Networks:

It was founded in2005. Its headquarters are in Santa Clara, California. Its CEO is Nikesh Arora. It provides cyber security, network security and cloud computing services.  Its products include modern firewalls that fulfill many aspects of security. Its services are spread in 150 countries of world. Its revenue is $3.4 billion. More than 7000 workers are in this company.

4.     IBM:

International Business Machines Corporation was founded on June 16, 1911. Its founders are Charles Ranlett Flint and Thomas J. Watson. Its headquarters are in Armonk, New York. IBM provides cyber security in many ways. Its products and services include artificial intelligences, cloud computing data encryption services, mobile security, network security, endpoint protection. It has more than 350, 000 employees and is serving in 170 countries. Its annual revenue is $77.14 billion. It monitors 70 billion security events every day.

5.     Microsoft:

Microsoft was introduced in April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Its headquarters are in Redmond, Washington. With windows, office, visual studio and many other valuable products it also develops many security products and services, such as threat protection, cloud security, data protection, security management, windows defender, Azure cloud security and Application Gateway to protect web applications. Its annual revenue is $143 billion and provides services worldwide.

6.     Fire Eye:

Fire Eye was founded in 2004 by Ashar Aziz. Its headquarters are in Milpitas, California. It protects against hacking and security risks. Its products and services include hardware and software cyber security, malware protection, E-mail security and IT security. It investigates and detects serious hacking attacks. Its annual revenue is $ 889 million. It has more than three thousand employees providing their services.

7.     Splunk:

Splunk was founded in October 2003 by Michael Baum, Rob Das and Erik Swan. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, California. It analysis and protects machine-generate data. It provides many products and services, such as cloud security, cloud monitoring, Splunk Enterprise Security, security information and event management, malware protection, endpoint security and Splunk IT services Intelligences. Its annual revenue is $2.36 billion. It has more than 5000 employees.

8.     Proofpoint:

It was founded in 2002. It has its offices all over the world. Its headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California. It develops products against cyber security threats, regulatory compliance and digital risk. It provides e-mails, social media, clouds and mobile devices security. It develops products such as E-mail filtering, E-mail privacy, E-mail archiving, E-mail encryption, Antispam techniques and data loss prevention software. Its annual revenue is $888.2 million with more than 3000 employees working.

9.     Check Point:

Check Point was established in 1993 by Gil Shwed, Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer. Its headquarters are in Tel Aviv, Israel, San Carlos, California. It offers many cyber security products which include network security, data security, IoT security, mobile security, endpoint security, security management, document security, IT security and web applications security. Its annual revenue is $1.995 billion. It has 70 offices worldwide with more than 5000 employees serving there.

10.    Mc Afee:

Mc Afee was established in 1987 by John Mc Afee and was purchased by intel in February 2011. In 2014 it was renamed as Intel Security Group and in 2017 was again named as Mc Afee. Its headquarters are in Santa Clara, California. It develops security software products and provides computer security services. Its products include digital security tools for computer and mobile devices. For example, Mc Afee Change Control, Mc Afee E-Business Server, Mc Afee Site-Adviso and Mc Afee VirusScan.  Its annual revenue is $2.6 billion. More than 6000 employees provide services for Mc Afee in whole world.