Information Security and SearchSecurity.com presented more than 1,600 readers with some 360 security products, divided into 18 categories. Three categories which failed to draw sufficient reader response are covered in market articles.

Respondents were asked to rate each product based on criteria specific to each category. For each criteria, respondents scored the product on a scale of one (poor) to five (excellent). In addition, each criteria was given a weighted percentage to reflect its importance in that category.