DDoS Protection and Mitigation Security Market Report 2025

This report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography.

The DDoS protection and mitigation security market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $5.03 billion in 2024 to $5.76 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing frequency and complexity of DDoS attacks, rising cybersecurity concerns, dependency on internet-based services, financial loss prevention, and global expansion of online services.

The DDoS protection and mitigation security market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $10 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to IoT-related threats, edge computing and cloud services, rise in ransom DDoS attacks (RDDoS), and zero-day attack preparedness. Major trends in the forecast period include AI and machine learning advancements, increased focus on zero-trust architectures, behavioral biometrics for user authentication, 5g network preparedness, and quantum-safe cryptography.

The rising adoption of IoT devices is expected to propel the growth of the DDoS protection and mitigation security market going forward. IoT, or the Internet of Things, refers to a network of interconnected devices embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies that enable them to collect and exchange data over the Internet without human intervention. IoT devices with sensors and network monitoring capabilities can analyze traffic patterns in real-time. By continuously monitoring incoming and outgoing traffic, these devices can detect anomalies and suspicious activities indicative of a DDoS attack, such as a sudden surge in traffic volume or unusual patterns of packet transmission. For instance, in August 2022, according to Akamai Technologies Inc., a US-based internet company, IoT connections are expected to increase from 15.1 billion in 2021 to 23.3 billion IoT connections in 2025. Therefore, the rising adoption of IoT devices drives the growth of the DDoS protection and mitigation security market.

Major companies operating in the DDoS protection and mitigation security market focus on integrating AI and ML, such as ML-based adaptive DDoS protection, to meet the growing demand for security. ML-based adaptive DDoS employs machine learning algorithms to identify and stop dynamic DDoS attacks quickly. For instance, in July 2023, NetScout Systems Inc., a US-based networking company, launched ML-based adaptive DDoS protection for Arbor Edge Defense (AED). This solution is a scalable and efficient stateless packet processing solution for businesses dealing with the ongoing threat of DDoS attacks because it is based on decades of DDoS mitigation experience and offers unparalleled real-time visibility into global DDoS attack activity.

In February 2022, Radware Ltd., a US-based networking company, acquired SecurityDAM for approximately $30 million. This acquisition aimed to expand Radware's innovation center, cloud services division, and cloud network footprint and capacity. Additionally, the acquisition included the assets of SecurityDAM, a related party that supplied Radware with scrubbing center services. SecurityDAM is an Israel-based computer and network security company that provides cloud-based security solutions, including DDoS attack mitigation security, that offers services to help managed security service providers (MSSPs).

Major companies operating in the DDoS protection and mitigation security market are Microsoft Corporation, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Amazon Web Services Inc., BT Group plc, Fortinet Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., F5 Networks Inc., VeriSign Inc., Cloudflare Inc., NetScout Systems Inc., Imperva Inc., Fastly Inc., Radware Ltd., A10 Networks Inc., Comodo Security Solutions Inc., Allot Ltd., StackPath LLC, HaltDos Pvt. Ltd., SiteLock LLC, Seceon Inc., Sucuri Inc., PhoenixNAP LLC, Corero Network Security Inc., Indusface Pvt. Ltd., Link11 GmbH, Mlytics Inc., RioRey Inc., DDoS-Guard Corp., StrataCore Inc., Active Reach Ltd.

North America was the largest region in the DDoS protection and mitigation security market in 2024. The regions covered in the DDoS protection and mitigation security market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the DDoS protection and mitigation security market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The DDoS protection and mitigation security market includes revenues earned by entities by providing traffic scrubbing, anomaly detection, content delivery networks (CDNs), incident response planning, 24/7 monitoring and support. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The DDoS protection and mitigation security market consists of sales of firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS), intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS), content delivery networks (CDNs), and on-premises DDoS appliances. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection and mitigation refer to cybersecurity measures and strategies implemented to defend against and mitigate the impact of DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks occur when multiple compromised computers or devices flood a target system, such as a website or online service, with massive traffic. DDoS protection services reduce application downtime and latency by implementing inline mitigations such as packet filtering and traffic shaping to prevent network-layer attacks.

The main components of DDoS protection and mitigation security are software solutions and services. A hardware solution refers to a physical, tangible approach to addressing a problem or fulfilling a need using electronic or mechanical devices, it is used for network security, endpoint security, application security, and database security, and it is used in banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), energy and utility, information technology and telecommunication, healthcare, education, retail, and other verticals.

The main components of DDoS protection and mitigation security are software solutions and services. A hardware solution refers to a physical, tangible approach to addressing a problem or fulfilling a need using electronic or mechanical devices, it is used for network security, endpoint security, application security, and database security, and it is used in banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), energy and utility, information technology and telecommunication, healthcare, education, retail, and other verticals.

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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