The network is the foundation for solid security, and the fundamental element of network security is the firewall. That is why Cisco committed to delivering a next-generation firewall that can stop threats at the perimeter and focuses on security efficacy. Those efforts are paying off at an important moment, and market observers are taking note.
Cisco was named a leader in enterprise network firewalls in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls. We believe our position in this influential report validates our simple, open, and automated approach and execution toward becoming the customer's number one security partner.
The Cisco Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) stands out from the competition for several reasons, and it all starts with our world-class threat intelligence organization, Talos. Talos constantly analyzes threat data and builds the security protections that Cisco NGFW uses to automatically protect organizations from known, unknown, and emerging threats. As a result of Talos's capability, Cisco NGFW customers were protected from attacks such as WannaCry, NotPetya, and VPNFilter.
But we know you cannot stop the threats you cannot see. Cisco NGFW therefore goes beyond prevention and provides greater visibility into telemetry and potential malicious file activity across users, hosts, networks, and infrastructure. That makes it possible to quickly detect malicious activity and remove it before it can do any damage.