Analysts Are Touting the Power of Symantec DLP

IDC also noted the importance of considering operational resources and tool integrations as major factors in total ownership costs. Here, Symantec excels through extensive APIs that simplify integration, and our Catalyst Initiative, which offers local-to-you support through trusted partners. This initiative gives smaller and mid-sized organizations the specialized DLP expertise they need.

Listening intently to market feedback

We’re also proud to be a company that we believe “demonstrates a willingness to…listen to suggested changes or feedback”—another consideration IDC recommends for DLP buyers. For instance, Symantec and Carbon Black recently gathered our community of expert users and partners to sit down for two-way conversations on customer feedback, product insights and best practices. The three-day intensive workshop earned high marks from attendees: “A great event packed with information,” noted one. “Our team and our local partners were delighted with the event and they are looking to maintain the momentum on their specialist solutions.”

Over a decade of leadership: Radicati Group Market Quadrant 2025

The accolades don’t end with IDC. Symantec has once again been named a "Top Player" in the Radicati Group’s 2025 Data Loss Prevention Market Quadrant. This prestigious designation is certainly an honor, and nothing new for Symantec—our leadership has been continuously recognized by Radicati for over a legendary decade. And that’s saying something; according to Radicati, vendors don’t become Top Players overnight.

Radicati specifically highlighted Symantec's “strong set of content detection technologies,” critical for discovering sensitive information with speed and accuracy. They also pointed out the tight integration capabilities of Symantec DLP with both Broadcom and third-party solutions. This seamless interoperability, powered by a rich suite of APIs, helps our customers effortlessly embed DLP into their broader cybersecurity ecosystems and solve zero trust use cases. 

We live, eat and breathe DLP—and it shows

Consistent recognition from both IDC and Radicati underscores Symantec's enduring position at the forefront of the DLP market—deep experience that isn’t shared by the new players entering the field. Many of these newcomers offer focused data security solutions that are limited in scope, typically by adding DLP to their existing security expertise (e.g. adding DLP to email security).

When your data is everywhere, it makes sense to employ a DLP solution that integrates into your entire estate across multiple channels—not just fractions of your data-rich environment. Symantec stands out as a DLP legend for our dedicated, comprehensive and, most importantly, DLP-first solution. These two recent reports emphasize both our technical expertise and vision, which brought us to our place at the top of the industry.

This recognition also points to our proactive understanding of and alignment with emerging data security trends, such as:

• AI as a driver (and enabler) for protection. As AI tools are increasingly used in the workforce, Symantec DLP simplifies data governance for AI so the content both feeding and generated by AI is protected and compliant.
• Growing need for collaboration and integrations. Our integrations enable cohesive, unified information security across technologies from Microsoft, Google, Seclore and more through an expansive API ecosystem. Reflecting dedicated and ongoing investments in policy as code and response APIs, we can better integrate customer environments with other critical platforms, including ServiceNow (and more to come).
• Efficiency amidst shrinking security teams. Organizations are increasingly demanding consolidated tools. With one policy for all data everywhere, Symantec DLP streamlines data protection across multiple channels and simplifies management.

Serving enterprise-grade DLP for all

Data privacy and compliance aren't just concerns for large corporations anymore. Mid-market and small businesses are increasingly impacted by breaches and need DLP solutions that are both effective and manageable. Symantec addresses this by offering trusted support from our Catalyst partners and accessible yet powerful DLP solutions that defend organizations of all sizes.

Read the full IDC MarketScape and  Radicati Group reports for detailed insights and recommendations in the DLP landscape—and find out just why we keep coming out on top.