Managed Security Services Market by Type (Managed IAM, Managed Firewall, Managed DLP, Managed IDS/IPS, Managed Encryption, Managed SIEM, Managed UTM), Security Type, Organization Size, Deployment Mode, Vertical, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023

[163 Pages Report] The global Managed Security Services market size was USD 20.81 Billion in 2017 and is expected to reach USD 47.65 Billion by 2023, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.7% during the forecast period. The base year considered for this study is 2017, and the forecast period is 2018–2023.

Objectives of the Study

• To define, describe, and forecast the Managed Security Services market by type, security type, deployment mode, organization size, vertical, and region
• To provide detailed information about the major factors influencing the growth of the market (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges)
• To analyze the micromarkets1 with respect to individual growth trends, prospects, and contributions to the total market
• To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying the high-growth segments of the market
• To forecast the market size of the market segments with respect to 5 main regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Latin America
• To profile the key players of the market and comprehensively analyze their market size and core competencies2 in the market
• To track and analyze competitive developments, such as new product launches; mergers and acquisitions; and partnerships, agreements, and collaborations in the global market

The research methodology used to estimate and forecast the managed security services market began with capturing the data of the revenues of the key vendors through secondary sources, such as annual reports and press releases of major companies in the market; associations and consortiums, such as RSA Security, the SANS Institute, SC Magazine; and databases, such as Factiva, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, company websites, and news articles. Vendor offerings were also taken into consideration to determine the market segmentation. The bottom-up procedure was employed to arrive at the overall market size of the global market from the revenues of the key players in the market. After arriving at the overall market size, the total market was split into several segments and subsegments, which were then verified through primary research by conducting extensive interviews with key people, such as Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Vice Presidents (VPs), directors, and executives. The data triangulation and market breakdown procedures were employed to complete the overall market engineering process and arrive at the exact statistics for all segments. The breakdown of primary participants is depicted in the figure below:

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The managed security services ecosystem comprises MSSPs, such as IBM (US), SecureWorks (US), Symantec (US), Trustwave (US), Verizon(US), AT&T (US), Atos (France), BAE Systems (UK), BT (UK), CenturyLink (US), CIPHER (US), DXC (US), Fortinet (US), Fujitsu (Japan), NTT Security (Japan), and Wipro (India). The other stakeholders of the Managed Security Services market include, cybersecurity vendors, government agencies, and system integrators.

Key Target Audience

• Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)
• System integrators
• Cybersecurity vendors
• Government agencies
• Value-added resellers
• Research organizations
• IT security agencies
• IT associations
• Investors and venture capitalists
• Defense organizations
• Consulting firms
• Value-added Resellers (VARs)

“The research study answers several questions for the stakeholders, primarily which market segments to focus in the next 2 to 5 years for prioritizing the efforts and investments.”

Scope of the Report

The research report categorizes the Managed Security Services market to forecast the revenues and analyzes the trends in each of the following submarkets:

By Type

• Managed Identity and Access Management (IAM),
• Managed antivirus/anti-malware
• Managed firewall
• Managed risk and compliance management
• Managed vulnerability management
• Managed Intrusion Detection System/ Intrusion Prevention System (IDS/IPS)
• Managed Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Managed Unified Threat Management (UTM)
• Managed encryption
• Managed disaster recovery
• Managed Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation
• Others (managed web filtering, managed application whitelisting, and managed patch management)

By Security Type

• Managed Network Security
• Managed Endpoint Security
• Managed Application Security
• Managed Cloud Security
• Others (managed database security and managed web security)

By Organization Size

• SMEs
• Large Enterprises

By Deployment Mode

• On-Premises
• Cloud

By Vertical

• Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI)
• Government and Defense
• Telecom and IT
• Healthcare
• Energy and Utilities
• Manufacturing
• Retail
• Others (education, media and entertainment, and automotive)

By Region

• North America
• Europe
• APAC
• MEA
• Latin America

Available Customizations

With the given market data, MarketsandMarkets offers customizations based on the company-specific needs. The following customization options are available for the report:

Geographic Analysis

• Further breakdown of the APAC market into countries contributing 75% of the regional market size
• Further breakdown of the North American market into countries contributing 75% of the regional market size
• Further breakdown of the Latin American market into countries contributing 75% of the regional market size
• Further breakdown of the MEA market into countries contributing 75% of the regional market size
• Further breakdown of the European market into countries contributing 75% of the regional market size

Company Information

• Detailed analysis and profiling of additional market players (up to 5).

Stringent government regulations and the ever increasing sophistication levels of the cyber-attacks will drive the global managed security services market to USD 47.65 billion by 2023

Managed Security Services (MSS) are referred to as those security processes which enterprises outsource to any third-party service providers for administration, due to various reasons, such as lack of in-house experts and the need to reduce the cost of managing the services internally. MSS offers a systematic approach to manage an organization's security needs. The outsourced third-party providers who take care of these services are known as Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). MSSPs offer take care of everything, ranging from infrastructure establishment to security management.

The major factors that are expected to drive the growth of the MSS market include the stringent government regulations, the increasing sophistication levels of cyber-attacks, the growing BYOD trend among organizations, and the cost-effectiveness in implementing services. With the new approach of cloud-based software and services, organizations are deploying cloud-based management software, due to their cost-effective, flexible, and agile nature, which helps organizations in growing with the economy of scales

Various industries such as BFSI, IT & Telecom, healthcare, and energy and utilities require security services to protect their critical and confidential data and infrastructure. Although governments along with the regulatory bodies are drafting the regulations, businesses are applying their own security guidelines and techniques to protect their mission-critical data. Furthermore, the embracement of advanced technologies and extensive use of mobile devices in the working style of organizations have made organizational data more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. This is expected to have influenced enterprises to adopt MSS.

Increasing adoption of cloud based services among the SMEs and the growing demand for the next-generation security solutions and services are the major opportunities in the market

MSS is gaining traction across verticals as organizations have started to realize various advantages associated with them, such as cost-effectiveness, dynamic access to data, and reduced turnaround time for business processes. Opportunities in the MSS market include the increasing adoption of cloud services among SMEs, Threat intelligence sharing which can counter the sophisticated attacks and growing demand for the next-generation security solutions and services that is expected to boost market growth. With the adoption of cloud services, a number of SMEs, as well as large enterprises, are inclined toward having the maximum control over their data and infrastructure in the cloud globally.

Although, Information and data security mechanisms imbibed by the organizations entails the protection of both private and public sectors from professional cybercriminals and sophisticated cyber threats, cybercriminals use advanced and sophisticated multi-layered cyber-attacks to monitor the intelligence and commercial aspects of individuals, enterprises, and even nations. Therefore, organizations are looking for integrated security solutions that enable them to both reduce the cost and improve the safety of their facilities.

Market Dynamics

Table of Contents

1 Introduction (Page No. - 18)
    1.1 Objectives of the Study
    1.2 Market Definition
    1.3 Market Scope
    1.4 Years Considered for the Study
    1.5 Currency
    1.6 Stakeholders

2 Research Methodology (Page No. - 21)
    2.1 Research Data
           2.1.1 Secondary Data
           2.1.2 Primary Data
                    2.1.2.1 Breakdown of Primaries
                    2.1.2.2 Key Industry Insights
    2.2 Market Size Estimation
           2.2.1 Bottom-Up Approach
           2.2.2 Top-Down Approach
    2.3 Research Assumptions and Limitations
           2.3.1 Limitations

3 Executive Summary (Page No. - 27)

4 Premium Insights (Page No. - 31)
    4.1 Attractive Market Opportunities in the Managed Security Services Market
    4.2 Market Share of Top 3 Types and Top 3 Regions, 2018
    4.3 Market By Security Type, 2018
    4.4 Market By Organization Size, 2018
    4.5 Market By Deployment Mode, 2018
    4.6 MarketInvestment Scenario
    4.7 Market Top 3 Verticals

5 Market Overview (Page No. - 35)
    5.1 Introduction
    5.2 Market Dynamics
           5.2.1 Drivers
                    5.2.1.1 Stringent Government Regulations
                    5.2.1.2 Increasing Sophistication Levels of Cyber-Attacks
                    5.2.1.3 Growing Byod Trend Among Organizations
                    5.2.1.4 Cost-Effectiveness in Implementing Services
           5.2.2 Restraints
                    5.2.2.1 Lack of Trust on Third-Party Applications to Share Sensitive Data
           5.2.3 Opportunities
                    5.2.3.1 Threat Intelligence Sharing to Counter Advanced Attacks
                    5.2.3.2 Increasing Adoption of Cloud Services Among SMEs
                    5.2.3.3 Growing Demand for Integrated and Next-Generation Security Solutions and Services
           5.2.4 Challenges
                    5.2.4.1 Lack of Competent Security Professionals to Handle Challenging Environments
    5.3 Regulatory Implications
           5.3.1 Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
           5.3.2 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
           5.3.3 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
           5.3.4 Sarbanes-Oxley Act

6 Managed Security Services Market, By Type (Page No. - 41)
    6.1 Introduction
    6.2 Managed Identity and Access Management
    6.3 Managed Antivirus/Anti-Malware
    6.4 Managed Firewall
    6.5 Managed Risk and Compliance Management
    6.6 Managed Vulnerability Management
    6.7 Managed Security Information and Event Management
    6.8 Managed Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System
    6.9 Managed Disaster Recovery
    6.10 Managed Unified Threat Management
    6.11 Managed Encryption
    6.12 Managed Data Loss Prevention
    6.13 Managed Distributed Denial of Service Mitigation
    6.14 Others

7 Managed Security Services Market, By Security Type (Page No. - 53)
    7.1 Introduction
    7.2 Managed Network Security
    7.3 Managed Endpoint Security
    7.4 Managed Application Security
    7.5 Managed Cloud Security
    7.6 Others

8 Market By Organization Size (Page No. - 59)
    8.1 Introduction
    8.2 Large Enterprises
    8.3 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

9 Market By Deployment Mode (Page No. - 63)
    9.1 Introduction
    9.2 On-Premises
    9.3 Cloud

10 Managed Security Services Market, By Vertical (Page No. - 67)
     10.1 Introduction
     10.2 Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance
     10.3 Government and Defense
     10.4 Telecom and IT
     10.5 Healthcare
     10.6 Energy and Utilities
     10.7 Manufacturing
     10.8 Retail
     10.9 Others

11 Managed Security Services Market, By Region (Page No. - 75)
     11.1 Introduction
     11.2 North America
     11.3 Europe
     11.4 Asia Pacific
     11.5 Middle East and Africa
     11.6 Latin America

12 Competitive Landscape (Page No. - 92)
     12.1 Overview
     12.2 Market Ranking
     12.3 Competitive Scenario
             12.3.1 New Service Launches and Service Upgradations
             12.3.2 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements
             12.3.3 Acquisitions
             12.3.4 Business Expansions

13 Company Profiles (Page No. - 96)
     13.1 IBM
(Business Overview, Products & Services, Key Insights, Recent Developments, SWOT Analysis, MnM View)*
     13.2 Secureworks
     13.3 Symantec
     13.4 Trustwave
     13.5 Verizon
     13.6 AT&T
     13.7 ATOS
     13.8 Bae Systems
     13.9 British Telecom (BT)
     13.10 Centurylink
     13.11 DXC
     13.12 Fortinet
     13.13 Fujitsu
     13.14 NTT Security
     13.15 Wipro
     13.16 Accenture
     13.17 Alert Logic
     13.18 Cipher
     13.19 Happiest Minds
     13.20 HCL
     13.21 Hitachi Systems Security
     13.22 Optiv Security
     13.23 Paladion
     13.24 Rapid7
     13.25 Unisys

*Details on Business Overview, Products & Services, Key Insights, Recent Developments, SWOT Analysis, MnM View Might Not Be Captured in Case of Unlisted Companies.

14 Appendix (Page No. - 155)
     14.1 Discussion Guide
     14.2 Knowledge Store: Marketsandmarkets’ Subscription Portal
     14.3 Introducing RT: Real-Time Market Intelligence
     14.4 Available Customizations
     14.5 Related Reports
     14.6 Author Details

List of Tables (67 Tables)

Table 1 Managed Security Services Market Size and Growth Rate, 2016–2023 (USD Million, Y-O-Y %)
Table 2 Market Size, By Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 3 Managed Identity and Access Management: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 4 Managed Antivirus/Anti-Malware: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 5 Managed Firewall: Market Size By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 6 Managed Risk and Compliance Management: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 7 Managed Vulnerability Management: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 8 Managed Security Information and Event Management: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 9 Managed Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 10 Managed Disaster Recovery: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 11 Managed Unified Threat Management: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 12 Managed Encryption: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 13 Managed Data Loss Prevention: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 14 Managed Distributed Denial of Service Mitigation: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 15 Others: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 16 Managed Security Services Market Size, By Security Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 17 Managed Network Security: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 18 Managed Endpoint Security: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 19 Managed Application Security: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 20 Managed Cloud Security: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 21 Others: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 22 Market Size By Organization Size, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 23 Large Enterprises: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 24 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 25 Market Size By Deployment Mode, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 26 On-Premises: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 27 Cloud: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 28 Managed Security Services Market Size, By Vertical, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 29 Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 30 Government and Defense: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 31 Telecom and IT: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 32 Healthcare: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 33 Energy and Utilities: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 34 Manufacturing: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 35 Retail: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 36 Others: Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 37 Managed Security Services Market Size, By Region, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 38 North America: Market Size, By Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 39 North America: Market Size, By Security Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 40 North America: Market Size, By Organization Size, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 41 North America: Market Size, By Deployment Mode, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 42 North America: Market Size, By Vertical, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 43 Europe: Market Size, By Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 44 Europe: Market Size, By Security Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 45 Europe: Market Size, By Organization Size, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 46 Europe: Market Size, By Deployment Mode, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 47 Europe: Market Size, By Vertical, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 48 Asia Pacific: Managed Security Services Market Size, By Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 49 Asia Pacific: Market Size, By Security Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 50 Asia Pacific: Market Size, By Organization Size, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 51 Asia Pacific: Market Size, By Deployment Mode, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 52 Asia Pacific: Market Size, By Vertical, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 53 Middle East and Africa: Market Size By Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 54 Middle East and Africa: Market Size, By Security Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 55 Middle East and Africa: Market Size, By Organization Size, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 56 Middle East and Africa: Market Size, By Deployment Mode, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 57 Middle East and Africa: Market Size, By Vertical, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 58 Latin America: Market Size By Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 59 Latin America: Market Size, By Security Type, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 60 Latin America: Market Size, By Organization Size, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 61 Latin America: Market Size, By Deployment Mode, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 62 Latin America: Market Size, By Vertical, 2016–2023 (USD Million)
Table 63 Managed Security Services Market: Ranking Analysis
Table 64 New Service Launches and Service Upgradations, 2016-2017
Table 65 Partnerships, Collaborations, and Agreements, 2017–2018
Table 66 Acquisitions, 2016–2018
Table 67 Business Expansions, 2017

List of Figures (48 Figures)

Figure 1 Global Managed Security Services Market Segmentation
Figure 2 Global Market Research Design
Figure 3 Breakdown of Primary Interviews: By Company, Designation, and Region
Figure 4 Data Triangulation
Figure 5 Market Size Estimation Methodology: Bottom-Up Approach
Figure 6 Market Size Estimation Methodology: Top-Down Approach
Figure 7 Assumptions
Figure 8 Managed Security Services Market Size, By Type
Figure 9 North America is Estimated to Hold the Largest Market Share in 2018
Figure 10 Top 3 Revenue Segments of the Market
Figure 11 Increasing Sophistication Levels of Cyber-Attacks are Expected to Boost the Growth of the Market
Figure 12 Managed Identity and Access Management Segment and North American Region are Estimated to Have the Largest Market Shares in 2018
Figure 13 Managed Network Security Type is Estimated to Have the Largest Market Share in 2018
Figure 14 Large Enterprises Segment is Expected to Have the Larger Market Share in 2018
Figure 15 On-Premises Deployment Mode is Estimated to Have the Larger Market Share in 2018
Figure 16 Asia Pacific is Expected to Emerge as the Best Market for Investments in the Next 5 Years
Figure 17 Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance Vertical is Estimated to Have the Largest Market Size By 2023
Figure 18 Managed Security Services Market: Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities, and Challenges
Figure 19 Managed Identity and Access Management Segment is Expected to Have the Largest Market Size During the Forecast Period
Figure 20 Managed Application Security Type is Expected to Grow at the Highest CAGR During the Forecast Period
Figure 21 Large Enterprises Segment is Expected to Hold the Larger Market Size During the Forecast Period
Figure 22 On-Premises Deployment Mode is Expected to Hold the Larger Market Size During the Forecast Period
Figure 23 Healthcare Vertical is Expected to Grow at the Highest CAGR During the Forecast Period
Figure 24 North America is Expected to Have the Largest Market Size During the Forecast Period
Figure 25 North America: Market Snapshot
Figure 26 Asia Pacific: Market Snapshot
Figure 27 Key Developments By the Leading Players in the Managed Security Services Market, 2017–2018
Figure 28 IBM: Company Snapshot
Figure 29 IBM: SWOT Analysis
Figure 30 Secureworks: Company Snapshot
Figure 31 Secureworks: SWOT Analysis
Figure 32 Symantec: Company Snapshot
Figure 33 Symantec: SWOT Analysis
Figure 34 Trustwave: SWOT Analysis
Figure 35 Verizon: Company Snapshot
Figure 36 Verizon: SWOT Analysis
Figure 37 AT&T: Company Snapshot
Figure 38 ATOS: Company Snapshot
Figure 39 Bae Systems: Company Snapshot
Figure 40 British Telecom (BT): Company Snapshot
Figure 41 Centurylink: Company Snapshot
Figure 42 Fortinet: Company Snapshot
Figure 43 Fujitsu: Company Snapshot
Figure 44 Wipro: Company Snapshot
Figure 45 Accenture: Company Snapshot
Figure 46 HCL: Company Snapshot
Figure 47 Rapid7: Company Snapshot
Figure 48 Unisys: Company Snapshot

The global managed security services market size is expected to grow from USD 24.05 Billion in 2018 to USD 47.65 Billion by 2023, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.7% during the forecast period. The demand for managed security services is expected to be driven by various factors, such as the increasing instances of cyber-attacks on enterprise IT infrastructure, growing BYOD trends among organizations, and stringent regulations.

The managed security services market has been segmented on the basis of type (managed IAM, managed antivirus/anti-malware, managed firewall, managed risk and compliance management, managed vulnerability management, managed encryption, managed SIEM, managed IDS/IPS, managed disaster recovery, managed UTM, managed DDOS, managed DLP, and others), security type, organization size, deployment type, vertical, and region. The managed encryption services segment is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period due to the wide adoption of encryption solutions and services by organizations. The increased adoption and growth of email platforms and the rising cyber threats which threaten the integrity and confidentiality of these platforms are expected to drive the growth of the segment. However, the managed IAM segment is estimated to hold the largest market size in 2018 in the market as there is a greater demand for BYOD security solutions in the enterprise segment.

The managed network security segment is estimated to hold the largest market size in 2018, as increasing complexity of threats and attacks, and the emergence of sophisticated cyber criminals are forcing companies to upgrade their security systems constantly and managed security service providers offer solutions for network protection by restricting the device management accessibility to terminals, authorized services, management ports, and protocols.

Managed security services have been deployed across verticals, including, Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI), government and defense; telecom and IT, retail, healthcare, energy and utilities, manufacturing, and others (education, media and entertainment, and automotive). The BFSI vertical is estimated to have the largest market size in 2018, due to the growing use of web and mobile applications for banking transactions and payments. However, the healthcare segment is expected grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period.

The global Managed Security Services market has been segmented on the basis of 5 major regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Latin America, to provide a region-specific analysis in the report. North America, followed by Europe, is estimated to be the largest revenue-generating region for managed security service vendors in 2018. This can be attributed to the developed economies, the US and Canada, as there is a high focus on R&D of security technologies and solutions. APAC is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the market, due to the increasing adoption of advanced technologies that are leading to increasing instances of cyber-attacks on enterprises.

Major vendors offering managed security services include IBM (US), SecureWorks (US), Symantec (US), Trustwave (US), Verizon(US), AT&T (US), Atos (France), BAE Systems (UK), BT (UK), CenturyLink (US), CIPHER (US), DXC (US), Fortinet (US), Fujitsu (Japan), NTT Security (Japan), and Wipro (India). These players have adopted various strategies, such as new product developments, collaborations, partnerships, and acquisitions, to expand their presence in the global Managed Security Services market.

The growth of MSS market is depending on the factors, such as stringent government regulations, increasing sophistication level of cyber-attacks, growing BYOD trend among the organizations, and cost-effectiveness in implementation of services are expected to drive the market growth.

Various established players and new entrants in the industry are offering the different types of managed security services for the enterprises to serve their varying security needs.

Managed Identity and Access Management

Identity management is the process of managing or authorizing attributes, such as phone numbers, email addresses, or a social security numbers. Whereas, access management is the process of authenticating identities. It allows the right individuals to access the right resources, at the right time, and for the right purpose. In addition, it includes user management and central user repository techniques. Managed IAM provides a business security process framework, enabling initiation and management of user identity and related access permissions in an automated fashion. Managed IAM offers provisioning, advanced authentication, directory technologies, password management, audit, and Single Sign-On (SSO) features. Identity-as-a-Service (IaaS) is also gaining traction, due to its centralized nature and cost-effectiveness. With the rapid increase in the trends of connected devices, IoT, and mobile devices, the trend of having universal authentication is also expected to prevail for flexible, simpler, and streamlined authentication.

Managed Antivirus/Anti-Malware

Antivirus software is a set of programs that detects, prevents, and mitigates cyber threats caused due to viruses. Antivirus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malicious activities, such as computer viruses, rootkits, adware, spyware, malware, Trojans, and worms. On the other hand, an anti-malware is a software program that detects, prevents, and remediates malicious codes from being executed in a system. Malware is a broader term that encompasses virus and spyware, and creates threats against intellectual, personal, and financial information.

Managed Firewall

Cyber risk refers to the financial loss or damage to the reputation of a company caused due to the failure of the IT system. Compliance is a set of established guidelines or processes. Risk and compliance management is an amalgamation of 2 separate terms, risk and compliance. The risk management approach mitigates the impact of risk on business processes and employs detection, mitigation, transfer, and control of critical events for business. Hence, the solution helps an organization in combating a wide range of risks related to technology, commerce, information security, and operation.

Managed Risk and Compliance Management

Supply chain is a complete arrangement of organizations, individuals, resources, information, data, and assets necessary for moving products and services from providers to the end users. Activities in the supply chain transform raw materials into finished products and finally deliver these to customers. Traditional supply chain includes elements such as suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and finally, customers. The analytics application for supply chain planning and optimization offers data administration and visualization capacities for the supply chain industry. The implementation of analytics in the supply chain is gaining traction because it holds huge potential for innovations and provides a competitive advantage. However, compliance depicts adherence to policies, procedures, and guidelines for regulatory and operational standards. The need of the hour is to maintain strict levels of compliance and security, which is a complicated and time-consuming task.

Managed Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability management is a proactive approach to secure sensitive data by eliminating the weakness in the network security, which includes contingent cyber threats, such as dormant malware attack and other advanced invasion techniques. The process includes the checking and identification of risks, along with mitigation and patching of the unwanted software program. Businesses rely on this solution to quickly assess and prioritize vulnerabilities, and scan the network asset information, security configuration, and threat intelligence. This segment covers products that scan devices. The products include servers and workstations or applications/software that uncover known as well as unknown vulnerabilities. Factors such as the increasing use of diverse operating systems, increasing volume of data, rapid adoption of the BYOD trend, growing number of mobile devices at the workplace, and cloud computing are expected to contribute to the market growth of the managed vulnerability management segment. The expanding security threats are prompting businesses to adopt frequent assessment and monitoring techniques to identify vulnerabilities in their systems.

Managed Security Information and Event Management

SIEM is a combination of the functions of Security Information Management (SIM) and Security Event Management (SEM) in a single security management system. SIEM, for analysis purpose, collects logs and other security-related documentation. It is quite expensive to deploy, and complex to operate and manage. PCI DSS compliance is expected to be one of the drivers for the adoption of SIEM in many transaction-based verticals.

Managed Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System

The process of detecting and preventing events that are trying to violate the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of data is referred to as IDS/IPS. IDS/IPS is a network security solution that monitors networks and systems to identify malicious activities. It also detects information about the activities, attempts to prevent them, and finally reports about the activities. The segment is inclusive of Network-Based IPS (NIPS), which monitors the entire network for suspicious traffic using protocol activity; Wireless IPS (WIPS), which controls a wireless network from malicious traffic by analyzing the wireless networking protocols; and Host-Based IPS (HIPS), which monitors a single host for suspicious activities by pretending to be an installed software package.

Managed Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery is a policy and procedure-driven planned solution that helps organizations protect themselves from cyber disasters. It eventually focuses on IT or technology systems that support business functions for business continuity. The effective implementation of backup and data recovery strategy leads to successful recuperation from disasters. Data recovery solutions help in retrieving the data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible files.

There is frequent loss of data from storage media, such as hard disk drives, solid-state drives, USB flash drives, storage tapes, CDs, DVDs, and other internal or external sources. The data crash problem can be due to operating system failure, disk-level failure, deletion of files from storage mediums, corruption of file systems, or overwritten data. Therefore, Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is gaining popularity, as it offers a holistic approach for business resiliency. Due to this, every organization has started investing either in private cloud data recovery solution or both private cloud and DRaaS.

Managed Unified Threat Management

UTM is a holistic security management approach that enables a security administrator to supervise and manage various cybersecurity components. It is an integrated security solution that comprises features, such as network firewall, antivirus, anti-malware, IDS/IPS, Virtual Private Network (VPN), load balancing, data leak prevention, SSH, identity-based access control, SSL, content filtering, and on-appliance reporting, to offer tremendous value to organizations.

Managed Encryption

Encryption is the method of converting electronic data into ciphertext; a format that cannot be easily understood by the unauthorized person. The major objective of encryption is to prevent confidentiality and integrity of the digital data stored in a computer or transit. It protects digital information from unauthorized access by making the information unreadable. Any mobile device that can store data is a potential weak point. It is not possible to control who has possession of or transfers confidential files onto mobile devices. However, the access to that data can always be controlled with the managed encryption service. Advanced managed encryption services are integrated with other MSS to provide enhanced data protection at a lower cost. These services protect user’s data both in the cloud environment and on-premises.

Managed Data Loss Prevention

DLP is a security approach that prevents sensitive data from being transmitting outside of an organization. It is a comprehensive data security solution that ensures information loss prevention while the data is in endpoint actions, network traffic, or storage. It also addresses data security needs when the data is at rest (providing perimeter security, network monitoring, internet access control, and messaging control), in use (SIEM, user monitoring, usage monitoring, application control, and IAM), and in motion (endpoint security, mobile device protection, encryption, firewall, and physical media control). The DLP technology uses business rules or policies or procedures for effectively performing its operations. Sensitive data such as secret company information, Intellectual Property (IP), and financial information are protected from unauthorized disclosure by deploying risk assessment measures, strict governance, and privacy compliances.

Managed Distributed Denial of Service Mitigation

Managed DDoS mitigation is a technique to overcome DDoS attacks on systems attached to the internet. This attack is highly severe and demands high security. DDoS attacks come with a high magnitude of network traffics from customized software and eventually, this false traffic delays authorized web traffic, which leads to the depletion of network bandwidth, computing power, and operating system data structure resources and inundation of network infrastructure. The denial of service is a well-framed activity executed from the attack master system to a network of computers. The sophistication of DDoS attacks is increasing; for instance, in April 2015, TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope), the most advanced optical telescope became the target of an unscrupulous DDoS attack. More than 70% banks across the world, including HDFC, U.S. Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, SunTrust, HSBC, Ally Bank, BB&T, and Capital One faced single and multiple DDoS attacks.

Others

The other MSS segments include managed web filtering, managed application whitelisting, and managed patch management. Managed web filtering is a set of codes that filters incoming web pages and decides whether it should be displayed to the user or not. Web pages such as pornographic content, adult/mature content, personal interests, spyware, viruses, and offensive advertisement are restricted with the help of managed web filtering. It restricts internet surfing among employees and secures networks from cyber adversaries and reports about the kind of traffic being filtered by the users. The program shows pop-up messages or pages for soft blocking users from vulnerable sites. These MSS are available for physical appliance, virtual appliance, or a combination of both. Managed application whitelisting is a practice that restricts unauthorized programs from running. The managed application whitelisting solutions help in securing devices and networks from harmful applications. The whitelist is a list of applications that are allowed to run in an infrastructure. These solutions then monitor, check the running applications, and compare them with the whitelist. Only if the running application matches the whitelist, they are allowed to run, or else, these solutions block the applications. Managed patch management is a system management process that includes collecting, testing, and installing multiple patches. These solutions help protect systems from vulnerabilities and maintain security and system availability.

• Which are the substitute service types and how big is the market landscape for them?
• Which are the top use cases where MSS can be implemented for revenue generation through new advancements such as BYOD and Cloud services?
• What are the potential opportunities in the adjacent markets, such as Managed Services and Cyber Security Services?
• What should be your go-to-market strategy to expand the reach into developing countries across APAC, MEA, and Latin America?

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