IDC | China GenAI-Enabled Managed Security Services (MSS) Market Share 2024
GenAI Drives MSS Evolution and Efficiency
Beijing, July 1, 2025
International Data Corporation (IDC) recently released its market share research report on China's managed security services - "IDC China GenAI-Powered Managed Security Service (MSS) Market Share, 2024: How AI Agents Help Cybersecurity Operators Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness"《IDC 中国GenAI赋能的托管安全服务（MSS）市场份额，2024：AI智能体助力网络安全运营人员提质增效》 (Doc # CHC53602725, June 2025). The report provides a detailed study of the 2024 China managed security services market, including market size, growth rate, key players, and trends in market and technology development.
IDC data shows that China's managed security services (MSS) market reached 4.36 billion yuan in 2024, representing a year-on-year decline of 5.4% compared to 2023. In terms of market share, major players in this market include Venustech, DAS-security, Sangfor, NSFOCUS, and QAX.
In this report, IDC further segments China's managed security services market into three distinct application scenarios for analysis: on-site managed security services, remote managed security services, and cloud-based managed security services. For details, please refer to the image below:
IDC believes that technology service providers should focus on the following trends:
AI/GenAI is being fully integrated into managed security service processes, encompassing not only the enhancement of security operation capabilities but also the monitoring and optimisation of service quality. With the assistance of large models and AI agents, security operators can analyse and handle more complex cybersecurity incidents more professionally and efficiently, thereby improving high-level offensive and defensive capabilities. Meanwhile, through correlation analysis of comprehensive data, large models can help enterprises monitor customer satisfaction, optimise security management processes, and enhance the quality of managed security services.
Remote managed security services will become the mainstream form of MSS in the future. Leveraging remote security expert resources and standardised platform processes, remote managed security services enable security service providers to rapidly deploy standardised, professional security services across broader, underserved markets, establishing a multi-tiered cloud-to-ground collaborative service system.
Demand for cross-cloud managed security services is increasing. Leading cloud-based managed security service providers are continuously enhancing their cloud-native security capabilities while rapidly improving their ability to manage multi-cloud security and cloud-to-ground collaboration. This helps enterprises reduce security operation complexity and alleviate pressures on security personnel and budgets.
Managed security services require industry-specific and scenario-based customisation to enhance customer experience. Enterprise clients invariably have varying degrees of customisation needs for different types of security services. Providers must closely align with practical requirements, continuously optimising and upgrading managed security service content, processes, and tools to adapt to evolving security needs. They should also offer industry-specific solutions tailored to the organisational models, business characteristics, and common security requirements of key industry clients.
Talent remains the core asset of security service providers. Currently, AI can only assist and optimise human work rather than replace it. Professional technical personnel remain the core asset of security service providers. Building a high-quality, specialised technical team is essential for consistently delivering premium managed security services.
Analyst Views
Zhao Weijing, Senior Research Manager of China Cybersecurity Market at IDC, stated that the value of GenAI and AI agents in managed security service systems is rapidly increasing, becoming essential tools on security operation platforms. They can automate relatively simple, standardised, and repetitive security operations while enhancing security personnel's ability to analyse and handle more complex cybersecurity incidents. Remote managed security services, with their standardised processes, rapid deployment, low costs, and shared expert resources, have achieved counter-cyclical growth amid the global economic downturn, further increasing their share in the overall managed security service market.
