Cybersecurity is probably one of the biggest and most talked about areas of IT at the moment. These days, more companies than ever are completely online and therefore there are a lot of companies being hacked by cyber criminals and stealing confidential business data or even customer data.

There is nothing worse from a company when there has been a data breach, especially if it impacts their customer’s data. If this happens then the customers lose faith in the company. Sometimes even governments have to defend off cyber attacks, which is taking national security to a whole other level. Every single person has to be careful as to what they do online to limit their own vulnerability.

The good news is that there are a lot of different cybersecurity companies out there that are leading the way and saving businesses and governments from potential cyber attacks that could have lasting negative consequences. There are some companies that are strictly in the cybersecurity space, while others are in technology space but have an interest in cybersecurity. Have a read on below to find out more information about these companies:

Splunk

Founded in 2003, Splunk now has an annual revenue of over $1 billion. Splunk started out primarily as an IT Service Management company, but it has quickly expanded into other areas including cybersecurity. Many businesses use Splunk as it helps them perform proper security analytics. It is continuing to expand into other areas of the market, and it is certainly one to watch over the next few years.

Palo Alto Networks

Founded in California in 2005, Palo Alto Networks is known to be a company that is heading in the right direction. This cybersecurity company offers its consumers a wide range of products and solutions, including cloud access, endpoint protection as well as firewalls, just to name a few. Palo Alto Networks assists a lot of other high profile companies with their cybersecurity.

Fortinet

Fortinet is a company that has seen a lot of growth in the past few years. Founded in 2000 in California, Fortinet is known for its high customer satisfaction when it comes to analysing security data. The areas Fortinet mainly focuses on include endpoint security, anti-virus, network and web application firewalls, intrusion prevention, among other things.

Microsoft

While you may not necessarily think of Microsoft as a cybersecurity company, they have certainly been beefing up their portfolio here as they view this issue of the utmost importance. Some of the areas Microsoft focuses on are, threat and information protection, cloud security and security management. Microsoft also works hard to ensure that all its products are as secure as possible.

IBM

Another technology company that has a lot to offer when it comes to cybersecurity, founded in New York, they are a solutions driven business. One of the issues is that because IBM is such a big company, the cybersecurity solutions can sometimes get lost in the crowd. This is still a pretty big focus for the company, and they look into areas such as mobile security, endpoint security, data protection, encryption and fraud protection.

Sophos

Sophos is all about endpoint protection and it is a company that is currently looking to expand. It has just about to be purchased by Thoma Bravo, and this will help increase awareness of the brand on a more global level. They are currently working on some new projects, but some of the things they already take care of include secure web gateway, consumer antivirus, anti-phishing, security management, firewalls and secure email gateway, among other things.