Thursday, 31 December 2015

FBR sees improving cybersecurity spend, likes several stocks

“On the heels of another strong year for cybersecurity players, our recent field checks heading into 2016 suggest ‘robust’ deal momentum as enterprises and governments across the board upgrade to next-generation security platforms/software,” says FBR’s Dan Ives, reiterating his bullish stance on security tech upstarts.

Ives: “Based on our conversations with channel partners/customers over the last few weeks, closure rates look to be trending higher year over year, with seven-figure deals markedly up in the pipeline. This speaks to the massive firewall refresh that is underway, with hot areas of security (next-generation firewall, e-mail security, mobile/cloud) as the main beneficiaries.”

He expects next-gen firewall leader Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) to be a major beneficiary. Others expected to benefit include firewall/security software vendor Check Point (NASDAQ:CHKP), privileged account security software leader CyberArk (NASDAQ:CYBR), unified threat appliance leader Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT), e-mail/compliance security software firm Proofpoint (NASDAQ:PFPT), and Web app firewall and data security software firm Imperva (NYSE:IMPV). For the full article click here 



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