Security Operation Center as a Service Market Size

Security Operations Center as a Service (soc as a service) Market Analysis

The security operation center (SOC) as a service market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15.7% over the forecast period from 2021 - 2026. The number of data breaches are increasing through the course of the period, which is increasingly focusing on the cybersecurity process, driving the security operation center as a service market during the forecasted period. According to Cybint, in 2019, 95% of the breaches were recorded from the government, retail, and technology sectors.

• Cyberattacks are increasing rapidly across emerging economies, in terms of volume and complexity, where incident response units are pushing their limit, in terms of time, skill, and resources, to obtain actionable measures at the right time to avoid such incidents. At the same time, organizations are encountering an unparalleled number of security threats and risks with increasing employees, customers, and partners, thereby embracing new trends and innovations through digital transformation. According to IBM, the average cost of a data breach in 2020 accounted for USD 67.7 million, across all industry verticals.
• With the recent outbreak of COVID 19, the SOC-as-a-service market is expected to witness significant growth due to increasing cyber crimes and data breaches across the globe. According to Kaspersky, Cybercriminals exploited public fear of rising coronavirus cases through malware and phishing emails in the disguise of content coming from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US and World Health Organisation (WHO). Moreover, Kaspersky has detected 93 coronavirus-related malware in Bangladesh, 53 in the Philippines, 40 in China, 23 in Vietnam, 22 in India, and 20 in Malaysia.
• Through the implementation of an intelligent SOC and an effective security service management framework, enterprises can make foundational changes in the way they manage and address threats and risks in their business environments. This approach is providing them with a complete, end-to-end view of security risks, thereby improving the response in a way that better protects the organization's data. Also, these solutions have enabled improved adherence to audit and compliance requirements easily, with proactive policy enforcement and audit & compliance reports.
• Most of the enterprises implement SOC as part of their incident detection and response (IDR) program. There are several implementation models of SOC, including in-house models, co-managed models, and fully managed models. The Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) are positioning themselves as SOC-as-a-Service vendors to fully manage the security operations needed for an enterprise for keeping up with the ever-evolving cyber threats. These companies employ threat researchers (data scientists) that curate security data necessary to protect the organization against cyber threats.
• Many vendors are developing and expanding their SOC solutions in the market. For instance, in February 2020, Inspira Enterprise announced the commencement of its next-generation global security operations center (G-SOC) facility in Mumbai, India. The company may utilize the facility to provide 247 managed security services to enterprises across verticals with a centralized security monitoring system, enabling customers to detect and respond to any cybersecurity incident.