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Frost Radar™: Managed Security Services in EMEA, 2026

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Security

RELEASE DATE
12-May-2026
REGION
Global
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Frost Radar

RESEARCH CODE
MHFE-01-00-00-00
SKU
AE_2026_34570
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Frost Radar™: Managed Security Services in EMEA, 2026
Published on: 12-May-2026 | SKU: AE_2026_34570

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The EMEA managed security services (MSS) market is undergoing rapid transformation as organizations face escalating cyber threats, growing operational complexity, persistent talent shortages, and an increasingly demanding regulatory landscape. This Frost Radar™ study assesses the competitive positioning of leading MSS providers in EMEA in 2026, benchmarking participants across the two core indices of Innovation and Growth. The analysis explores how providers are evolving beyond traditional monitoring-centric services toward broader, platformized, and outcome-driven security models that integrate managed detection and response, exposure management, cloud and identity security, automation, AI-enabled operations, and compliance-aligned service delivery. A defining feature of the EMEA market is the growing importance of sovereignty, trust, and auditable resilience, which are reshaping buyer expectations and influencing vendor differentiation. The study highlights the providers best positioned to support enterprises seeking scalable, intelligence-led, and increasingly proactive managed security partnerships. It also examines the broader market forces shaping future opportunity, including regulatory pressure, convergence with SASE and cloud-native architectures, and rising demand for measurable security outcomes. Overall, this Frost Radar™ offers a forward-looking view of how MSS providers in EMEA are competing, innovating, and adapting to a market where resilience, transparency, and operational excellence are becoming central to long-term growth.

Author: Claudio Stahnke

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IBM

LevelBlue

Lumen

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Orange Cyberdefense

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Tata Communications

Telefónica Tech

Verizon

Wipro

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