Norman AS Named as a Gartner "Vendor to Watch" in New Market Trends Report, Cites Norman Network Threat Discovery and Malware Analyzer G2 Network Protection Solutions

OSLO, Norway - (BUSINESS WIRE) - A new report issued by analyst firm Gartner, titled "Market Trends: Advanced Threat Protection Appliances, Worldwide, 2012," lists Norman AS as a top ten "Vendor to Watch" and describes the company's industry-leading Network Threat Discovery and Malware Analyzer G2 (MAG2) solutions.

"Large-enterprise and upper-midsize business segments in the United States and Europe continue to drive the greatest demand for advanced threat protection appliances," the new Gartner report announces. It continues, "Government and financial sectors are leading early adoption in this market ... likely supported by the regulatory mandates for security technologies and controls within these entities." The report is authored by Lawrence Pingree, Gartner Research Director.

Norman's innovative Network Threat Discovery appliance is a cyberattack discovery system that sits at the network perimeter and automatically detects and collects malicious files that may have slipped past traditional security nodes. In cooperation with Norman's Malware Analyzer G2, the appliance then rates the suspicious files by risk score and alerts the security organization of a potential problem. These files may then be analyzed by the automated Malware Analyzer G2.