Shlomo Kramer — I first interviewed him in June 2012 – is one of the world’s greatest information security entrepreneurs. He has helped found three leading companies in that market — Check Point Software (CHKP), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), and Imperva (IMPV) — of which he is chairman and CEO. And in a February 4 interview, Kramer gave his thoughts on where the information security market is heading.
The information security market is huge — generating $30 billion in annual sales. According to Kramer, it consists of “two solution stacks — the $10 billion to $12 billion (annual revenues) endpoint market — represented by companies such as Symantec (SYMC) — and the similarly-sized network market — in which CheckPoint and Palo Alto Networks are leaders.”
But Kramer argues that these two solutions stacks are not enough to protect organizations from “the new threat environment.”
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