In H1 2022, the APAC network firewall market saw a steady YoY growth of 13.0%. The market witnessed a slower YoY growth of 9.3% in Q2 2022, when compared to its double-digit YoY growth of 17.9% in Q1 2022. With a healthy YoY growth rate of 12.9% in H1 2022, the appliance segment remained the biggest form factor segment driving the overall network firewall market.

Stringent regulatory compliance around data privacy and the growing awareness in ensuring network security protection from rising cyberattacks will continue to be the driving force for the network firewall market.

Research Scope: This tracker provides an analysis of the total network firewall market in the Asia-Pacific region for H1 2022 (January to June) period. Market trends, such as vendor performance, vertical market splits, and enterprise-size splits are analyzed in this study. The countries included in this study are Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Japan, South Korea, and rest of ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar).

This study focuses on network firewall which encompasses both dedicated firewall and integrated security appliance (ISA), which can be referred as Unified Threat Management (UTM)/ Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) solutions. The study segments the network firewall market into physical appliances including UTM/ NGFW and dedicated firewall, and virtual appliances which include public, private, or hybrid cloud. Vertical segmentation in this study includes the government; banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI); service provider; healthcare; manufacturing; education; and other sectors. The customer segmentation includes large enterprises with more than 500 employees as well as small and medium-sized businesses with less than 500 employees.

Companies mentioned in this tracker include AhnLab, Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco Systems, F5, Forcepoint, Fortinet, Gajshield, H3C Technologies, Hillstone Networks, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Neusoft, NexG, NSFOCUS, Palo Alto Networks, QI-ANXIN GROUP, Sangfor, SECUI, SonicWall, Sophos, TopSec, Venustech, WatchGuard Technologies, WINS, and other vendors.