Security Automation Market Report 2026

The security automation market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $12.25 billion in 2025 to $13.95 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.8%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing cybersecurity workload complexity, rising shortage of skilled security professionals, growth in enterprise digital assets, expansion of security monitoring tools, adoption of early automation platforms.

The security automation market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $23.51 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.9%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing investments in security orchestration platforms, rising demand for faster threat mitigation, expansion of autonomous security operations centers, growing focus on compliance automation, increasing integration of security automation with devsecops. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of automated incident response systems, rising use of AI-driven security orchestration, growing integration of rpa in security operations, expansion of continuous vulnerability management, enhanced focus on policy automation and compliance.

The increasing frequency of phishing attacks and security breaches is expected to drive the growth of the security automation market in the coming years. Phishing attacks are a type of social engineering used to steal user information, such as login credentials and credit card details, while data security breaches involve the unauthorized exposure of sensitive information, either for financial gain or due to accidental errors. Both phishing attacks and security breaches are typically motivated by financial gain, data theft, identity theft, espionage, system disruption, or the exploitation of system vulnerabilities. Security automation improves detection and response capabilities, helping to mitigate phishing attacks and effectively address security breaches. For example, in July 2024, the Identity Theft Resource Center, a US-based non-profit organization, reported that in Q2 2024, there were 1,041,312,601 data breach victims, marking a dramatic 1,170% increase from Q2 2023, which had 81,958,874 victims. Additionally, the Information Commissioner's Office, a UK-based independent regulatory body, reported that phishing was the most prevalent type of attack in 2022, with 300,497 reported cases. As a result, the rise in phishing attacks and security breaches is fueling the growth of the security automation market.

Leading companies in the security automation market are focusing on technological innovations such as autonomous SOAR platforms to accelerate threat detection and automate responses, thereby improving operational efficiency, reducing manual workloads, and strengthening overall security posture. Autonomous SOAR platforms combine AI-driven triage, risk-based orchestration, and codeless playbook automation, extending beyond traditional SOAR solutions that relied heavily on manual rule creation and human-triggered workflows. For example, in April 2023, D3 Security, a Canada-based cybersecurity vendor, launched Smart SOAR, a platform designed to streamline security operations. The solution features hundreds of prebuilt integrations, an AI-enabled event pipeline to normalize, deduplicate, and enrich alerts, codeless playbook creation, and a dedicated client portal for MSSPs to collaborate securely with clients - helping close detection gaps and enable faster, more confident responses.

In February 2025, CyberArk, a US-based provider of identity security solutions, acquired Zilla Security for US$165 million in cash plus up to US$10 million in earn-out. The acquisition strengthens CyberArk’s security automation capabilities by integrating Zilla Security’s AI-powered identity governance and administration solutions, enabling automated identity lifecycle management, provisioning, and compliance across digital environments. Zilla Security, based in Israel, specializes in automated Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) solutions with AI-driven workflow automation.

Major companies operating in the security automation market are Google LLC, Microsoft Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., VMware Inc., Palo Alto Networks Inc., Fortinet Inc., Splunk Inc., AkamAI Technologies Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., McAfee LLC, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Secureworks Inc., Darktrace PLC, Sumo Logic Inc., Devo Technology Inc., SentinelOne Inc., Tenable Inc., LogRhythm Inc., ManageEngine, Swimlane LLC, Anvilogic Inc., Torq Labs Inc.

North America was the largest region in the security automation market in 2025. The regions covered in the security automation market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the security automation market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Tariffs are impacting the security automation market by increasing costs of imported servers, automation platforms, analytics hardware, and networking infrastructure used in automated security deployments. Large enterprises in North America and Europe are most affected due to reliance on imported IT infrastructure, while Asia-Pacific faces higher costs for export-oriented security solutions. These tariffs are increasing deployment expenses and slowing automation rollouts. However, they are also driving greater adoption of cloud-based automation, software-defined security tools, and regional hosting of security automation platforms.

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Security automation involves utilizing technology and processes to autonomously handle cybersecurity tasks, including threat detection, incident response, vulnerability scanning, patch management, and policy enforcement, without direct human intervention. This practice enhances security posture, reduces response times to threats, and optimizes resource utilization through the use of specialized software tools, scripts, and orchestration platforms.

The primary categories of security automation encompass solutions and services. Solutions provide comprehensive answers or resolutions to cybersecurity challenges. The technologies involved include artificial intelligence and machine learning, predictive analytics, robotic process automation, user and entity behavior analytics, among others. Various applications of security automation span network security, endpoint security, incident response management, vulnerability management, identity and access management, compliance and policy management, as well as data protection and encryption. These applications cater to diverse verticals such as banking, financial services and insurance, manufacturing, media and entertainment, healthcare and life sciences, energy and utilities, government and defense, retail and e-commerce, among others.

The security automation market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as incident detection and response services, vulnerability management services, security orchestration services, and threat intelligence services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offerings. The security automation market consists of sales of security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platforms, security information and event management (SIEM) systems, vulnerability management solutions, and threat intelligence platforms. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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