Corelight Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: for Network Analysis and Visibility Solutions, Q4 2025
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Key capabilities highlighted by Forrester include:
Comprehensive Coverage and Detection: Corelight achieved high scores across East-West and North-South traffic coverage. Our platform delivers comprehensive protocol analysis that spans both enterprise IT and critical OT environments, ensuring visibility where it matters most.
Flexible Deployment and Administration: We received the highest score among all vendors for our flexible deployment options.
Trust and Transparency: Forrester recognized Corelight’s contribution to the open-source community. Our foundation in Zeek, the world’s leading open-source network security monitoring framework, has earned us a "reputation for transparency and trust." This open core empowers our customers with unparalleled control and insight. The platform’s explainability helps SOC teams understand the rationale behind detections and empowers them to create custom detections to close the visibility gaps faster.
Data-Centric Vision and Innovation: Our vision, innovation, and roadmap scored among the highest of all vendors. Forrester describes our solution as a "network context force multiplier" designed to strengthen attack surface discovery and power the future SOC. This recognition affirms our evidence-first strategy and our substantial investment in R&D.
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