Selecting a security provider is no easy feat—it includes months of designing a company's security strategy, evaluating different solutions, budgeting accordingly, and assuring stakeholders the investment will pay off by keeping their business safe. This work-intensive process only makes it more unbearable when the very software put into place to protect the data is exposing it instead.

• Examples of security providers that have recently been breached, jeopardizing their clients' information
• The stories behind the attacks affecting providers such as FireEye, Cisco, and Symantec
• A brief description of each company's services