Date: 06/12/2010

Worldwide content security gateway market grew 10% in 3Q10 to reach $715.2 million

According to the latest quarterly report from Infonetics Research, the worldwide content security gateway market grew 10% from 2Q10 to 3Q10, hitting $715.2 million

Here are the highlights of the study on content security gateway:

Overall content security gateway revenue is up 25% year-over-year
The appliance segment performed especially well, with revenue up 35% year-over-year
Security threats, such as stuxnet and Zeus, continue to make headlines, generating awareness and helping to drive content security revenue
The proliferation of smartphones, iPads, netbooks, and other mobile devices is driving purchases of gateway security solutions as companies seek to protect from malware the critical infrastructure in their headquarters, branch offices, remote offices, and data centers
McAfee maintains first place for total content security gateway revenue (appliances and software) in 3Q10; Blue Coat is second, Cisco third, although Cisco surpassed Blue Coat in the appliance revenue to take second in that segment.

"Cisco posted massive growth in content security revenue in the third quarter (up more than 30% from the previous quarter), driving up the content security market, as companies continue the trend of making reactive content security purchases to unload budget in the second half of the year. Meanwhile, Cisco had a down quarter in the network security segment, offsetting Juniper's and Check Point's gains and resulting in a flat quarter for network security. In general, some of the long-term growth in the larger established network security market is transitioning to the content security market," observes Jeff Wilson, Infonetics Research's principal analyst for security.

Here are the highlights of the study on network security:
In 3Q10, the worldwide network security appliance and software market was essentially a flat, seasonally typical quarter, down 0.1% sequentially, totaling $1.43 billion
Cisco lost market share in most network security categories while Juniper and Check Point gained; this is particularly true in the >$30K integrated security appliance category, where Juniper has now opened up a substantial lead
HP (TippingPoint) had a strong quarter, moving into fifth place in the overall network security appliance and software market
Juniper posted its biggest quarter ever in SSL VPN revenue, widening their market share lead

Other related market data quoted by Infonetics:
NAC appliance market to grow 84% by 2014, despite standalone-to-integrated transition
Service providers increasing security spending through 2012
Mobile security client software market up 16% in Q2, huge growth expected in 2010 and beyond
Security SaaS propelling managed security services market to strong growth
Security survey shows businesses want hybrid CPE/SaaS solutions, and integrated devices
Intrusion prevention system (IPS) vendor ratings survey confirms Cisco's top-dog status