12 Hot Web Security Products for the Mid-Market

CRN published a slideshow of the 12 Hot Web Security Products. It's a slide show of 12 of the top web security vendors, and there's no surprises in the list. The gamut of products, while described as "mid-market" really crosses from SOHO (small office/home office) all the way up to large enterprise.

What's interesting about this list is 10 of the products on the list are offered up as appliances, 2 as software-only, and one as Software as a Service (SaaS) [It adds up to 13, because one vendor is available as an appliance or software]. This list just goes to show that there's still an extreme bias towards appliances, especially ones that target a dedicated functionality. There's no revelation here, as appliances have been a particularly effective way to deploy security, allowing best of breed security applications to be put into the network with ease of use, high performance, and scalability.