The APAC network security market saw a decline of 7.2% in Q1 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. China was the first country to be hit by the current pandemic, and the country implemented lockdown measures in several main cities in Q1 2020. Hence, the market suffered a strong decline of 27.9% in the first quarter. Overall, only the SSL VPN segment experienced flat growth of 0.4% in Q1 2020, as enterprises adopted SSL VPN to enable secure remote-working capabilities and sustain business continuity.

As enterprises continue to embrace working from home during country lockdowns, there will be increasing use of SSL VPNs to support the rising number of remote access workers, especially employees from larger enterprises.

This tracker provides an analysis of the total network security market in the Asia-Pacific region for Q1 2020 (January to March) 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 countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar).

This study covers three focuses areas: firewall; secure sockets layer virtual private networking (SSL VPN); and intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS). Vertical segmentation 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 fewer than 500 employees.

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

Author: Vivien Pua