SOC as a Service (SOCaaS) Market

The SOC-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) market is projected to grow from USD 9.04 billion in 2026 to USD 16.68 billion by 2031, at a CAGR of 13.0% over the forecast period. The increasing sophistication of cyberattacks is accelerating demand for SOCaaS. Ransomware, credential theft, vulnerability exploitation, and supply-chain compromises require organizations to identify suspicious activity and coordinate responses before incidents escalate. Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report found a 34% increase in vulnerability exploitation for initial access and reported that ransomware appeared in 44% of analyzed breaches. These threats are prompting businesses to seek continuous monitoring, threat investigation, and incident response capabilities from external security operations providers.

Competitive Overview:

The SOCaaS market is led by established global players, including Thales (France), Airbus CyberSecurity (France), NTT DATA (Japan), Lumen Technologies (US), Fortinet (US), Cloudflare (US), Check Point Software (Israel), Kaseya (US), LevelBlue (US), Arctic Wolf Networks (US), Proficio (US), ConnectWise (US), Teceze (India), Inspirisys (CAC) (India), LRQA (UK), Cloud4C (part of Capgemini) (Singapore), eSentire (Canada), ClearNetwork (US), CyberSecOp (US), Foresite Cybersecurity (Moneo) (US), Stratosphere Networks (Ascend Technologies) (US), eSecForte (India), CyberSafe Solutions (Cybermaxx) (US), CISO Global (US), Ace Cloud Hosting (US), Plusserver (BC Partners) (Germany), SafeAeon (US), SOCwise (Hungary), Enhanced.io (UK), Wizard Cyber (UK), Eventus Security (Singapore), Cyber Security Hive (UK), Sattrix Information Security (India), Sourcepass (US), Ontinue (US), Aiuken Cybersecurity (Allurity) (Spain), DigiSOC (Colombia), IT-Guru Managed Cyber and Technologies Services (Israel), BitLyft Cybersecurity (US), Qualysec (India), Sophos (UK), and UnderDefense Cybersecurity (US). These market players have pursued strategies such as product launches, partnerships, contracts, expansions, and acquisitions to strengthen their position in the SOCaaS market. These organic and inorganic strategies have enabled market players to expand globally by providing advanced SOCaaS solutions.
In September 2026, Quorum Cyber announced its intent to acquire Ontinue, with the goal of combining their Microsoft-focused managed extended detection and response (MXDR) capabilities and agentic SOC technologies to strengthen security operations and enable more autonomous threat detection and response. The announcement is an intent to acquire, not confirmation of a completed transaction.

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In August 2026, ConnectWise and SentinelOne announced a joint strategy to advance managed cybersecurity for managed service providers (MSPs). The strategy combines SentinelOne’s AI-driven Singularity Platform with ConnectWise’s managed security expertise and operational workflows to support advanced cyber defense while preserving partner choice and human oversight.

Thales is a global cybersecurity provider that delivers managed security operations, threat intelligence, and incident response through its network of eight Security Operations Centers (SOCs). In the SOC-as-a-Service market, Thales focuses on 24/7 security monitoring, threat hunting, investigation, and coordinated response across IT, cloud, operational technology (OT), and industrial environments. Its SOC and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services integrate SIEM, user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA), and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) technologies. Thales combines multi-vendor security platforms with AI-driven automation, agentic AI, and expert-led analysis to prioritize alerts, streamline investigations, and accelerate remediation. Its evolving Agentic SOC approach uses AI agents to automate repetitive SOC workflows while retaining human oversight for complex incidents and critical response decisions, positioning Thales as a managed security operations provider for organizations requiring continuous protection across diverse and regulated environments.

NTT DATA is a global IT and cybersecurity services provider that delivers managed security operations, threat detection, and incident response through its global network of Security Operations Centers. In the SOC-as-a-Service market, NTT DATA is advancing AI-driven security operations through its Agentic AI for SecOps platform, which applies generative and autonomous AI agents to alert triage, threat hunting, endpoint protection, and vulnerability management. The platform integrates with existing SIEM, SOAR, case management, and security telemetry environments to correlate alerts, enrich investigations, and automate repetitive workflows. NTT DATA is also expanding its autonomous Cyber Defense Centers, combining agentic AI, threat orchestration, and human security expertise to improve investigation speed and operational efficiency. This approach positions NTT DATA for AI-enabled, continuously managed security operations that augment analyst capabilities while supporting faster detection, investigation, and response across enterprise environments.

Market Ranking:

The SOCaaS market is competitive, with Thales, Airbus Cybersecurity, NTT DATA, Lumen Technologies, and Fortinet competing on managed security operations, continuous threat monitoring, incident response, and integrated security technologies. Thales combines managed detection and response with security expertise across IT, cloud, and operational technology environments, while Airbus Cybersecurity leverages its cybersecurity consulting, managed security, and incident response capabilities to support critical infrastructure and enterprise customers. NTT DATA emphasizes globally delivered managed security services and AI-enabled security operations, whereas Lumen Technologies integrates network security, threat monitoring, and managed services to protect distributed enterprise environments. Fortinet leverages its Security Fabric, FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence, and FortiSOC capabilities to support integrated detection, investigation, and response.

Overall, the market is moving toward AI-enabled security operations, integrated managed detection and response, multivendor technology ecosystems, and automated investigation. Thales and Airbus Protect emphasize expert-led SOC services for complex, regulated environments; NTT DATA is advancing autonomous SOC operations with agentic AI; Lumen focuses on managed security across hosted and on-premises infrastructure; and Fortinet is expanding its SOCaaS proposition with FortiSOC, a unified SaaS platform that combines SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence, and agentic AI.

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