Integration of Capabilities Transforming the Asia-Pacific Network Security Market, 2020

Future Growth Potential Driven by the Need to Defend Against Rising Lethality of Attacks

The overall APAC network security market is expected to grow at 7.9% CAGR from 2019 to 2024. The wider region was led by the firewall segment due to its popularity in the market, followed by the IDS/IPS segment, and the SSL VPN segment. The network security market is still growing, albeit at a slower rate than in the past 5 years, and with varying contribution from its segments. In the immediate future, the widespread effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will drastically impair the network security market just as it will affect the wider economy. Future growth will also be impacted as the market grapples to recover.

Most governments in the region have set up regulations and laws on data security, residency and/or privacy in the recent past which compels enterprises to take a more serious look at their IT and OT security postures. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as a model for countries, as they adopt precautionary measures which include network security.

The increasing volume and severity of network-targeted cyber attacks will naturally drive the demand for network security solutions as businesses seek to protect their IT and OT assets from being stolen, spied on, or outright destroyed. The publisher has determined that cyber threats in the region could cost $1.75 trillion in economic damage, highlighting the sheer impact of attacks on network infrastructures if left unabated.

From the business performance perspective of the APAC region, Greater China region (GCR) and Japan continued to lead the overall network security market in APAC in 2019 in terms of market share, followed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), India and South Korea.

Research Scope

The market trends are analyzed for the study period 2018 to 2024, with the base year being 2019. The countries included in this study are Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Japan, and South Korea.

This study is segmented into 3 key focus areas - firewall, secure sockets layer virtual private networking (SSL VPN), and intrusion detection system (IDS), and intrusion prevention system (IPS). Vertical segmentation in this study includes the government, banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), service provider, healthcare, manufacturing, education, and other sectors. Customer segmentation includes large enterprises with more than 500 employees as well as small and medium-sized businesses with less than 500 employees.

Companies mentioned in this network security market's competitive landscape include Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco Systems, F5 Networks, Fortinet, H3C Technologies, Hillstone Networks, Huawei, Juniper Networks, McAfee, Neusoft, NSFOCUS, Palo Alto Networks, Pulse Secure, QiAnXin, Sangfor, SonicWall, Sophos, TopSec, Trend Micro, Venustech, WatchGuard Technologies, and other vendors.