Network Security

Threat actors use DDoS attacks to block access to targeted websites for legitimate users. These attacks are becoming increasingly disruptive, frequent, and sophisticated. As a result, businesses require purpose-built solutions to detect and block the full array of DDoS attacks. Demand for DDoS mitigation solutions is growing, but the market faces a...

The Asia-Pacific network security market is bearish without the requisite spendings and interest to call it a growing one; however, one way to improve revenue has been by providing platform-centric complementary network solutions integrated into established platforms like IPS and firewall; including, offering value-added services that take market s...

The Asia-Pacific application delivery controller market registered a robust growth rate in H1 2012, as the evolution of the ADC into an application-centric delivery platform generated renewed interest in the technology from enterprises. Furthermore, the consolidation of data center as well as green data center initiatives taken by enterprises acted...

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) application delivery controller (ADC) market posted an 8.8% growth on a YoY basis in 2013. The slowdown in the market could be attributed to the weaker business climate in the region, which affected enterprise propensity to spend on IT, as well as resulted in enterprises opting to prioritize investments in other technology s...

The Asia-Pacific Web Application Firewall market recorded a steady growth of 19.6% in 2013 compared to 2012, reaching a total market size of $115.6 million in 2013. The growing level of reliance on Web applications, along with the rise in cyber attacks, were all major contributors to the growing WAF adoption in the region. With growing number of de...

Although information and network security vendors have emphasised the need to move away from passwords to more sophisticated authentication methods, password breaches continue to be everyday news. Advances in mobile authentication products will address this challenge, and provide high security levels and greater end-user experience. Frost & Sulliva...

The advanced persistent threat (APT) solution market in Asia-Pacific region is still at a nascent stage in 2013. As such, the market is estimated to be relatively small at present. This is despite the market buzz and hype surrounding APTs and their impact on the enterprise environment. The actual adoption of APT solutions remains low, and this is p...

IT organizations today are challenged, more than ever, to secure valuable data and intellectual property from relentless hackers and threat actors. The network firewall is one important tool in a network security architecture. However, in recent years, firewalls have become ineffective against new hacking techniques. The advent of the unified threa...