Survey: Symantec, Cisco and McAfee most trusted in security
Symantec, Cisco and McAfee are the most trusted security product vendors in the United States, Yankee Group concluded after surveying 400 enterprises. Firms ranking lower in the poll believe the questioning was overly broad and the answers based more on brand recognition than a company's effectiveness. [...]

Phebe Waterfield, security solutions and services analyst for Yankee Group, conducted the survey in June, asking: "Who are your most trusted security product vendors?" and "Who are your most trusted security service providers?" [...]

Based on the responses, Waterfield concluded the top 10 most trusted security product vendors are Symantec Corp., Cisco Systems, McAfee Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft, VeriSign Inc., RSA Security, Oracle Corp., Check Point Software Technologies and 3Com Corp. But when asked to name the most trusted security service providers, she found the top 10 to be Symantec, Cisco, VeriSign, IBM, Lucent Technologies, Computer Associates Inc., EDS, AT&T, Internet Security Systems Inc. and Unisys Corp.