The global mobile security market is poised for explosive growth over
the next five years, as revenues reach $10.7 billion in 2017. While
application and hardware security form the foundation of mobile
security, the market will be driven in large part by mobile-centric
security services, according to ABI Research. Managed services, cloud-based security, endpoint
management, security readiness assessments, penetration testing, and
other professional services will increasingly cater to the maturing
mobile platform.
Mobile security services will chiefly target the enterprise sector, as
employers continue to assimilate mobile devices into their
organizations. According to the senior analyst, Michela Menting,
"Securely managing a growing number of devices within the enterprise is
becoming a real issue as more and more workers use smartphones and
tablets to perform core company tasks. The different phone brands,
operating systems and versions place a growing burden on IT staff, often
requiring separate security solutions to be tailored to each device
type."
While certain organizations will increase spending in-house to address
this issue, many will opt to take advantage of the growing market in
mobile security services from specialized third party service providers.
The European market especially will show strong demand for comprehensive
services, including remote security management and technical support.
This market data details revenue forecasts for 2012 to 2017 for three
submarkets: mobile application security, mobile device hardware
security, and mobile security services. Each submarket is further
divided into segments. A regional breakdown of each submarket is also
calculated for the forecasted period. In addition, it also contains
figures on the current growth of mobile malware, including threats by
type (Trojans, Backdoors), by affected platform (Android, Java ME), and
bytop targeted countries. Finally, figures also detail the number of
downloads of stand-alone mobile security apps by vendor.
These findings are part of ABI Research's Mobile
Security Research Service, which includes additional competitive analyses, vendor
matrixes and market data.
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