File Integrity Monitoring Market Report 2025

This File Integrity Monitoring market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The file integrity monitoring market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $1.07 billion in 2024 to $1.24 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to a rise in the demand for cloud computing, increasing threats to IT infrastructure, data privacy concerns, increased awareness and adoption of security technologies, and data breach prevention.

The file integrity monitoring market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $2.21 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing threats to the organization's data, the increasing adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the increasing sophistication of cyber-attacks, the rising number of cross-border terrorist activities, and growing remote work trends. Major trends in the forecast period include the adoption of cloud-based FIM solutions, Integration of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), focus on real-time detection and response, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions.

The increasing prevalence of cybercrime is expected to drive the growth of the file integrity monitoring market. Cybercrime involves illegal activities conducted through digital technologies or the internet, including hacking, phishing, identity theft, malware distribution, and online fraud. The rise in cybercrime can be attributed to the growing dependence on digital technologies, increased connectivity, and the development of more advanced techniques used by cybercriminals. File integrity monitoring plays a key role in identifying and preventing cyberattacks by sending real-time alerts about unauthorized changes to critical files and configurations, helping safeguard data and maintain system integrity. For example, in April 2024, the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology in the UK reported that approximately 22% of businesses and 14% of charities experienced cybercrime in the past year. This rate increases to 45% for medium-sized businesses, 58% for large businesses, and 37% for high-income charities. Furthermore, of the businesses and charities that reported cybersecurity breaches or attacks, a significant proportion (44% of businesses and 42% of charities) were ultimately victims of cybercrime. Consequently, the rise in cybercrime cases is fueling the growth of the file integrity monitoring market.

Leading companies in the file integrity monitoring market are focusing on creating advanced technologies, such as file monitoring tools, to enable real-time tracking of file alterations. These tools are software solutions that monitor and log changes, accesses, or modifications to files and directories in real time, ensuring data security, integrity, and compliance. For example, in September 2024, Microsoft Corporation, a US-based technology company, introduced a new version of its File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) solution, which is powered by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. This updated version replaces the previous FIM that used the Log Analytics Agent (MMA) and offers several important improvements, such as built-in support for key security and regulatory compliance standards. The updated FIM streamlines the onboarding process by requiring only the installation of Defender for Endpoint, eliminating the need for additional configurations or data collection rules. One notable feature of the new FIM is its ability to capture additional metadata during file changes, including details about who made the change and the process used. This helps security teams more effectively detect and respond to unauthorized or malicious file modifications.

In February 2022, HelpSystems, a US-based software company, acquired Tripwire Inc. for $350 million, strengthening its infrastructure protection and data security portfolios. Tripwire Inc. is known for its file integrity monitoring (FIM) solutions, further solidifying HelpSystems' position in the cybersecurity industry.

Major companies operating in the file integrity monitoring market are AT&T Cybersecurity, VMware LLC, Fortinet Inc., Splunk Inc., Micro Focus International plc, McAfee LLC, Trend Micro Incorporated, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., ManageEngine, HelpSystems, SolarWinds Worldwide LLC, Rapid7 Inc., Qualys Inc., Varonis Systems Inc., Trustwave Holdings Inc., LogRhythm Inc., Alert Logic Inc., Lacework, Netwrix Corporation, Paessler AG, Sophos Ltd., UpGuard Inc., New Net Technologies LLC, Cimcor Inc., ATOMICORP.

North America was the largest region in the file integrity monitoring market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the file integrity monitoring market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the file integrity monitoring market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

File integrity monitoring (FIM) is a security practice focused on continuously monitoring and analyzing files and systems for unauthorized or unexpected changes. It plays a crucial role in ensuring the integrity and security of critical files and configurations by promptly alerting administrators to any alterations, which may indicate malicious activity or compliance violations. FIM is vital for detecting and mitigating security breaches and maintaining regulatory compliance standards.

The primary components of file integrity monitoring include software and services. Software refers to programs or applications designed to monitor and analyze changes to files and directories on computer systems or networks. These software solutions can be deployed in various modes such as agentless or agent-based, and they are available in cloud-based and on-premises configurations. File integrity monitoring solutions cater to organizations of different sizes, primarily small and medium enterprises as well as large enterprises, and are utilized across multiple verticals including banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), healthcare and life sciences, government, education, media and entertainment, manufacturing and automotive, retail and e-commerce, among others.

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The file integrity monitoring market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as real-time alerts, continuous monitoring, anomaly detection, alerting and notification, integrity verification, and configuration management. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

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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