Network Security

Networking provider Cisco launched a new next generation firewall (NGFW) product on 16 September 2014, as part of its portfolio of Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls. The release marks an interesting development in a market where the convergence of NGFW and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) is gathering momentum

The Asia-Pacific Application Performance Management (APM) market continued to maintain its high growth momentum in 2013, with overall revenues registering $379.9 million, as growing enterprises in the region realized the importance of reliable and high-performing applications in the enterprise business environment. The on-premises APM segment cont...

The spending sentiments on content security solutions in Asia-Pacific remained steady in 2013, posting a YoY growth of 10.7%. Businesses continued to put a high priority on content security solutions, as both e-mail and Web have become the backbone of communications in enterprises business operational setup nowadays. The stable growth in the marke...

The managed security services (MSS) market continues to grow at double-digit rates in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Threat intelligence, incident remediation, and advanced MSS will be major growth drivers. Organizations increasingly demand managed security service providers (MSSPs) to go beyond security alert notifications to take an ...

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...

The Asia-Pacific managed security services (MSS) market continued to gain greater momentum in 2012. A growing number of enterprises were looking at the professional security services to protect their network infrastructure. Getting more mature about IT security and becoming aware of the benefits of security services models in gaining operational fl...

The Asia-Pacific Secure Content Management (SCM) market continued to perform well during 2012, posting a healthy YoY growth of 13.7 percent, despite economic uncertainties posting negative impact on regional enterprises. The spending sentiment on email and Web security technologies remained high across enterprises, and it is set to continue in the ...