Security platforms grew, literally, out of the concurrent need for increased tech integration, and reduced spend, creating a market of security titans amidst a still teeming pool of startups and standalone point solutions. But security platforms aren’t created or defined equally. Security and risk professionals can use this report and Forrester’s security, platforms definition to draw distinctions between security vendors and their platform, approaches and make decisions related to security tools and tech consolidation.

 

Over the last five years, security vendors across domains amassed a breadth of capabilities and expanded market share through M&A activity.