IDC 2023 China Zero Trust Network Access Solutions Market Share Series Report Released
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Beijing, August 6, 2024
The continuous use of emerging technologies makes the enterprise network architecture, organizational structure more complex, with mobile office, remote office, multi-branch access and other business models become the new normal for the development of many enterprises, network security boundaries are increasingly blurred. Frequent global network threats have become increasingly diverse and complex, and enterprises have generally realized that it is difficult to meet the security needs of modern enterprises by simply relying on the traditional security protection architecture, and the zero-trust concept of "never trust, continuous verification" has maintained rapid development in the global network security market.
International Data Corporation (IDC) officially released a series of market share research reports on China's zero-trust network access solutions in July 2024 - "China's Zero-Trust Network Access Solutions Market Share, 2023: Technology Continues to Optimize and Enhance the Digital Experience" 《中国零信任网络访问解决方案市场份额，2023：技术持续优化，增强数字体验》(Doc # CHC52432724 (Doc # CHC52432724, July 2024), "China's Zero-Trust Network Access Scenario of Software-Defined Border Market Share, 2023: Enhancing Scenario Adaptation and Leading Market Scale Development" 《中国零信任网络访问场景之软件定义边界市场份额，2023：加强场景化适配，引领市场规模化发展》(Doc # CHC52433024, July 2024) and "China's Zero-Trust Network Access Scenario of Terminal Security Market Share, 2023: One Agent, One Platform"《中国零信任网络访问场景之终端安全市场份额，2023：One Agent, One Platform》(Doc # CHC52433124, July 2024) These three reports provide a detailed study of the China Zero Trust Network Access Solutions Market size, growth rate, key players, market and technology trends in 2023.
Data from IDC's report, "China Zero Trust Network Access Solutions Market Share, 2023: Technology Continues to Optimize and Enhance the Digital Experience," shows that China's zero-trust network access solutions market will reach RMB 2.33 billion in 2023, a year-on-year growth of 25.5%. Regarding market share, vendors such as Sangfor, QAX, Tencent, Venustech, and Enlink are significant players in this market. See the chart below for details:
Data from IDC's report, "China Zero Trust Network Access Scenario of Software-Defined Border Market Share, 2023: Strengthen Scenario Adaptation, Lead Market Scale Development," shows that China's Zero Trust Network Access Solution Scenario of Software-Defined Border market is at RMB 1.26 billion, a year-on-year growth of 25.0%. Regarding market share, vendors such as Sangfor, QAX, enlink, Venustech, and Trusfort are significant players in this market. The details are shown in the chart below:
Data from IDC's "China Zero Trust Network Access Scenarios for Endpoint Security Market Share, 2023: One Agent, One Platform" report shows that China's zero-trust network access solution scenarios for the endpoint security market amounted to RMB 640 million, a year-on-year increase of 35.6%. Regarding market share, vendors such as Tencent, QAX, Leagsoft, Zhizhangyi, and Sangfor are significant players in the market. The details are shown in the chart below:
IDC believes that technology service providers should focus on the following trends:
Continuous iterative updating of core component capabilities and the convergence of security capabilities built under the zero-trust philosophy is critical for technology service providers to win the zero-trust network access market.
The convergence trend of cloud network security drives the convergence of ZTNA and SASE/SSE. Major global zero-trust vendors are incorporating network and security capabilities into their overall solutions to provide enterprises with integrated security access solutions for cloud-native SaaS-enabled deployments or hybrid deployment models.
The mode of "consulting service + security capability + operation service" will gradually become the primary landing mode of a zero-trust network access system with its advantages of solid planning, robust capability and strong operation. End users will also be based on different development stages of the planning content of the system deployment and operation in an orderly manner to truly realize the zero-trust network access system of self-planning, self-learning, self-adjustment, and self-operation goals.
Automation and intelligence will be fully integrated into the zero-trust system. In particular, GenAI is rapidly developing in many application scenarios in the field of network security. In the future, with the help of GenAI, ZTNA is expected to realize leapfrog enhancement in many aspects such as detection of network threats, UEBA, dynamic research and judgment of authority and configuration management, and security operation efficiency of the system.
Data security is the core objective of zero-trust architecture construction. Technology providers need to help enterprises do an excellent job of data discovery, classification, and grading management based on the implementation of the implementation of the ground, to clarify the data security protection responsibilities and requirements of the main body, and to strengthen the "zero-trust" security protection capabilities of data collection, storage, processing, transfer, deletion and other links.
Analyst Views
Weijing Zhao, senior research manager of IDC's China network security market, said that China's zero-trust network access market has maintained a rapid development trend in the past two years. Major market players continue to improve their zero-trust architectures and capabilities by polishing project practices in various industries, while numerous emerging companies continue to join, further intensifying market competition. The rapid development and in-depth application of artificial intelligence technologies, including GenAI, have built a technological foundation for improving zero-trust network access solutions regarding automation, intelligence, and the accuracy of advanced threat detection. In addition, technology providers are also enhancing digital experience management (DEM) to create high-performance, low-latency, and user-friendly solutions for customers.
