The evolving threat landscape was ranked as the top driver impacting the information security organization during the next three to five years, according to a recent survey by Gartner. “External risk is top of mind for security and risk management leaders in 2020, yet COVID-19 has proved how rapidly and how drastically such risks can change,” said Jonathan Care, senior research director at Gartner.

The total security appliance market saw positive growth in both vendor revenue and unit shipments for the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), according to new research from International Data Corp. (IDC).