GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security (http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa), a leading provider of IT security solutions, today announced that it has been positioned in the visionaries quadrant in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, 2007"(1) report. According to the Gartner report, "visionaries invest in the leading/"bleeding"-edge features that will be significant in the next generation of products and will give buyers early access to improved security and management." The report also projects that "Enterprise antivirus, anti- spyware, personal firewall and desktop HIPS products make up the majority of endpoint security spending," and predicts that the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) market will grow to nearly $3.6 billion by 2010.

Panda Security helps both consumers and businesses who are uncomfortable with their existing security solutions in the face of today's financially motivated malware attacks via an innovative, anti-malware approach known as Collective Intelligence. This method of predicting and preventing targeted attacks by correlating the malware detections and behavioral patterns within "the cloud," provides customers with maximum malware detection capabilities, while minimizing the resource and bandwidth consumption of their protected systems.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms also states that, "Visionary host-based intrusion prevention (HIPS) solutions must enable selection and configuration/tuning to balance the security level, transparency to end users and administration overhead. Solutions should provide preconfigured out-of-the-box templates for common application and system configurations, as well as a learning mode for custom applications."

A Visionary Technology

Panda Security for Business (http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/enterprise/solutions/business) provides SMBs and enterprises with maximum endpoint protection using an advanced intrusion protection system, lower resource consumption, high-performance and greater detection of known and unknown malware. Offering a complete protection for workstations and file servers, its ease of use protects against the latest malware.

Panda Internet Security (http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/homeusers/solutions/internet-security) provides global security with full protection of consumer computer activity, including protection against identity theft, viruses, spyware, hackers, spam, online fraud and other Internet threats.

Malware Radar (http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/enterprise/solutions/malwareradar) provides organizations with an online and automated audit service that scans networks for malware that slips past the installed protections. In addition, it checks the state of the protections and the existence of vulnerabilities, delivering detailed reports of the detections as a result; and can automatically clean all malware found.

"Panda Security's solutions, including Panda Security for Business, Panda Internet Security and Malware Radar, are an integral component of our strategy to help customers address the new breed of financially motivated malware attacks," said Gary Leibowitz, general manager of Panda Security USA. "We are proud to be positioned by Gartner in the visionaries quadrant for our completeness of vision and ability to execute. Panda Security will continue to provide best-in-breed services and products to our global customer base."

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted December 21, 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Panda Security

Panda Security is one of the world's leading IT security providers, with millions of clients across more than 200 countries and products available in 23 languages. Its mission is to develop and provide global solutions to keep clients' IT resources free from the damage inflicted by viruses and other computer threats, at the lowest possible total cost of ownership. Panda Security proposes a new security model, designed to offer a robust solution to the latest cyber-crime techniques. This is manifest in the performance of the company's technology and products, with detection ratios well above average market standards and most importantly, providing greater security for its clients. For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Security solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/

Media Contact: Heather Sieberg Bateman Group for Panda Security +1 (408) 406-2356 panda@bateman-group.com (1) Gartner Research "2007 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms" by P. Firstbrook, A. Hallawell, J. Girard, & N. MacDonald. December 21, 2007

CONTACT: Heather Sieberg of Bateman Group, +1-408-406-2356,
panda@bateman-group.com, for Panda Security

Web site: http://www.pandasecurity.com/