Top 10: Data Centre Cybersecurity Companies
Cybersecurity remains a significant aspect of operating a data centre.
The threat landscape for data centres remains increasingly complex and dangerous. A data hack, or ransomware attack, could leave operators, customers and investors compromised, with threat actors having complex powers to extort or breach sensitive information or withhold services.
It is crucial for operators to consider what cybersecurity measures they have in place. Co-founder of US National Cybersecurity Center, Michael Marcotte, told us in September: “CEOs often know little about cybersecurity under their own roof – let alone around highly complex digital infrastructure like external AI data centres. CEOs need to understand them as new vulnerabilities.”
With this in mind, Data Centre Magazine spotlights some of the leading cybersecurity companies that support data centres and make the industry more secure.
10. Commvault
Founded: 1988
CEO: Sanjay Mirchandani
Headquarters: Tinton Falls, New Jersey
Commvault is a cyber resilience leader that helps more than 100,000 organisations to identify and recover from devastating cyber attacks. It offers cybersecurity solutions to help businesses to keep their data safe from ransomware and other threats by helping them to reduce risk, control costs and continue business.
The cyber resilience offered by Commvault combines the best data security and rapid recovery at enterprise scale with advanced AI-driven automation. As a result, the company has been recognised as a leading provider of cybersecurity services for the likes of data centres.
9. CrowdStrike
Founded: 2011
CEO: George Kurtz
Headquarters: Austin, Texas
CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity products have redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting the critical enterprise risk areas, such as endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data.
Founded in 2011, the company today protects 300 of the Fortune 500, 543 of the Fortune 1,000, and 44 of the 50 US states.
Despite being responsible for the global IT outage last year, CrowdStrike continues to step up its security platforms to overcome the limitations of legacy security solutions. Its solutions protect customers across industries and sectors including small business, state and local governments, federal government, education, retail, and healthcare.
8. Trend Micro
Founded: 1988
CEO: Eva Chen
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Trend Micro is a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity that is supported by decades of security expertise and a team of more than 7,000 globally recognised security experts across 65 countries.
Its Trend Cloud One platform Workload Security, powered by XGen, delivers the operational efficiency required to support and secure the modern data centre, including physical servers and software, virtual servers and desktop.
To help customers optimise security performance, Trend Micro operates strategic alliances with the world’s largest IT vendors including AWS, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Capgemini, and NVIDIA.
7. VMware
Founded: 1998
CEO: Raghu Raghuram
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
VMware builds software which streamlines hybrid cloud environments for the world’s most advanced organisations. The company has a comprehensive software portfolio to make sure businesses are more innovative, connected, resilient and secure.
Likewise, through its public-cloud scale and performance, VMware supports customers and allows them to optimise and protect their businesses. Its cloud infrastructure solutions offer cybersecurity software which are strongly beneficial for data centres, particularly in the defences against cyberattacks.
6. Symantec (Broadcom)
Founded: 1991
CEO: Hock E. Tan
Headquarters: San Jose, California
The Symantec brand is an established name in cybersecurity with a long history of success. It is a portfolio of integrated enterprise security solutions operating as part of infrastructure technology leader Broadcom Inc. It offers product lines across endpoint security, web and network security services, cloud security and data loss prevention, information security and email security.
In particular, the Symantec Enterprise Cloud solution provides data-centric hybrid security for large and complex global organisations on devices, in private data centres and in the cloud.
5. Check Point Software Technologies
Founded: 1993
CEO: Nadav Zafrir
Headquarters: Tel Aviva, Israel
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leading provider of cyber security solutions to corporate enterprises and governments globally. Founded in 1993, the company has a rich history of innovation and is widely recognised for its cutting-edge security solutions.
The company is a trusted partner to organisations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and educational institutions. Its suite of innovative solutions is AI-powered and cloud-delivered to help customers maintain enterprise-level security across data centres, networks, the cloud and remote work environments.
4. Microsoft Azure
Founded: 1975 (Microsoft)
CEO: Satya Nadella
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington
When Microsoft Azure launched in 2010 it marked a pivotal shift from on-prem data centres to cloud computing for businesses.
Today the globally trusted cloud platform offers a global network of more than 300 highly secure data centres in 60 regions, built in security solutions, and a dedicated team of more than 10,000 security experts who continuously monitor systems, detect vulnerabilities, and track breaches.
Azure also uses a package of security controls, advanced threat intelligence, and tools like identity protection and encryption.
3. Cisco
Founded: 1984
CEO: Chuck Robbins
Headquarters: San Jose, California
Cisco’s mission is to help its customers to reimagine their applications, power hybrid work, secure their enterprise and transform their infrastructure. The company has been at the forefront of technology innovation for forty years and helps businesses mitigate cyber risk across networks, cloud endpoints and email.
Its suite of solutions are built on zero trust principles and powered by AI to support and defend modern AI-ready data centres. The company also helps its customers to share the identity context of users and devices with Cisco Secure Firewalls and Secure Workload for internal segmentation in the data centre itself.
2. Fortinet
Founded: 2000
CEO: Ken Xie
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Fortinet has been spearheading the evolution and innovation of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security for more than 20 years. The company’s portfolio of more than 50 enterprise-grade products is the largest integrated offering on the market, securing more than 850,000 global customers.
Its solutions are also among the most deployed, most patented and most validated in the industry. The company has long been at the forefront of data centre security, having announced FortiGate 6001F in 2024 to help meet the changing infrastructure dynamic facing the modern data centre.
1. Palo Alto Networks
Founded: 2005
CEO: Nikesh Arora
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
Palo Alto Networks, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a leading global provider of cybersecurity solutions. Since its founding in 2005, the company has been at the forefront of technological innovation, offering comprehensive security solutions that protect digital environments. With a robust portfolio of products and services, they secure networks, endpoints, and cloud applications for businesses worldwide.
Its best-in-class cybersecurity portfolio consists of industry-leading solutions that work together intelligently to strengthen security, simplify operations, and improve ROI. They cover a vast range of applications across network security, cloud-native application protection, security operations and endpoint security.
The company also provides industry-leading platforms for network security, code-to-cloud, and AI-driven security operations. Specifically, its prevention-focused data centre security reduces complexity and delivers robust protection for your data and application workloads everywhere.
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