Even though the worldwide economic crisis has negatively affected the Latin American Network Security markets, the region is forecast to grow at higher levels than more mature regions such as the United States and the Western Europe. Hence, the majority of global vendors are investing strongly in the region. Important market catalyst include: the heightening demand for mobility of the workforce with the growing use of laptops, smart-phones, and PDA's, requiring enhanced security solutions to protect this dynamic trend with technologies such as SSL VPN.