Cloud spend keeps rising as teams modernize with cloud platforms, containers, and continuous deployment. At the same time, security data points show why risk management matters—like stolen credentials driving 59% of breaches and third-party exposure reported by 68% of organizations. This page helps you interpret the charts through themes such as threat intelligence, security posture management, and automation.
Key Takeaways
- $5.0 trillion projected worldwide IT spending in 2024 (Gartner)
- $563 billion worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services in 2023 (Gartner)
- 20% projected growth in worldwide public cloud end-user spending in 2024 (Gartner)
- 84% of organizations use containers in production environments (Snyk State of Open Source Security 2024)
- 74% of organizations report using containers in production (2024 CNCF Annual Survey).
- 51% of respondents say they use a security posture management (SPM) solution (2024 Enterprise Strategy Group survey via ESG).
- 75% of security decision-makers say AI will be used for cybersecurity within the next 2 years (IBM)
- 3.4x higher likelihood of organizations using security automation to detect threats faster (IBM)
- 59% of breaches used stolen credentials (Verizon DBIR 2024)
- 2.5x faster time-to-market with continuous deployment (AWS)
- Time to remediate (TTR) exceeded 250 days for breaches in the dataset (2024 Mandiant/Google Metrics That Matter).
- 30-50% cost reduction potential from using autoscaling and resource optimization (Microsoft Azure Well-Architected)
- 2.7x return on investment from security orchestration and automation (2024 analyst report by Forrester).
- 36% average cost increase per record compared to 2023 for ransomware-related incidents (2024 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report).
- 68% of organizations say they have experienced a breach involving a third party or supplier (2024 IBM Security Survey).
Cloud adoption and security automation are accelerating fast as spending rises and breaches increasingly involve stolen credentials and third parties.
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Market Size22 stats
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$5.0 trillion projected worldwide IT spending in 2024 (Gartner)
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$563 billion worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services in 2023 (Gartner)
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20% projected growth in worldwide public cloud end-user spending in 2024 (Gartner)
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$8.0 billion global cloud security market size in 2023 (Fortune Business Insights)
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$4.8 billion global endpoint security market size in 2023 (Fortune Business Insights)
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$5.1 billion global network security market size in 2023 (Fortune Business Insights)
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$8.7 billion global SIEM market size in 2023 (Fortune Business Insights)
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$48.9 billion global managed security services market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets, 2024).
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$14.7 billion global cloud workload protection market in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$11.6 billion global CSPM market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$9.3 billion global vulnerability management market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$5.8 billion global security orchestration automation and response (SOAR) market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$6.4 billion global identity governance and administration (IGA) market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$10.2 billion global secure web gateway market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$7.5 billion global CASB market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$23.2 billion global firewall market size in 2023 (MarketsandMarkets).
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$48.9 billion global managed security services market size in 2023
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$52.0 billion global managed security services market size in 2024
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$55.2 billion global managed security services market size in 2025
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$58.6 billion global managed security services market size in 2026
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$62.2 billion global managed security services market size in 2027
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$66.0 billion global managed security services market size in 2028
Interpretation
Market Size Interpretation
In the Market Size category, the data shows that public cloud spending is projected to hit $563 billion in 2023 with a further 20% growth in 2024, while security markets are scaling as well with $8.0 billion in cloud security and $4.8 billion and $5.1 billion respectively in endpoint and network security in 2023.
report visual · Projection
Global Managed Security Services Market Size (2023–2028)
The global managed security services market size rises steadily from 2023 to 2028, with 2028 as the leader and no year-level declines across the period.
48.9 USD billions
Start
+6.18%
CAGR · 5y
66 USD billions
Projected
20232028
source-verifiedmarketsandmarkets.com2028
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User Adoption4 stats
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84% of organizations use containers in production environments (Snyk State of Open Source Security 2024)
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74% of organizations report using containers in production (2024 CNCF Annual Survey).
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51% of respondents say they use a security posture management (SPM) solution (2024 Enterprise Strategy Group survey via ESG).
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58% of organizations state they are using threat intelligence feeds (2024 FireEye/Mandiant threat intelligence survey via Google Cloud blog).
Interpretation
User Adoption Interpretation
Across the User Adoption landscape, containers are widely adopted in production at 74% to 84% of organizations, while only about half use security posture management at 51% and 58% leverage threat intelligence feeds, showing adoption is far stronger for deployment than for these adjacent security capabilities.
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Industry Trends5 stats
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75% of security decision-makers say AI will be used for cybersecurity within the next 2 years (IBM)
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3.4x higher likelihood of organizations using security automation to detect threats faster (IBM)
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59% of breaches used stolen credentials (Verizon DBIR 2024)
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2.9% of global traffic used the QUIC protocol in 2023 (Cloudflare Radar, QUIC adoption data).
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58% of organizations say they have a shortage of cybersecurity professionals (2024 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study).
Interpretation
Industry Trends Interpretation
Industry Trends show that cybersecurity is rapidly becoming more automation driven and talent constrained, with 75% of security decision-makers expecting AI to be used for cybersecurity within 2 years, 3.4x higher likelihood of using security automation to detect threats faster, 58% reporting a cybersecurity professional shortage, and 59% of breaches involving stolen credentials.
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Performance Metrics2 stats
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2.5x faster time-to-market with continuous deployment (AWS)
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Time to remediate (TTR) exceeded 250 days for breaches in the dataset (2024 Mandiant/Google Metrics That Matter).
Interpretation
Performance Metrics Interpretation
Under Performance Metrics, continuous deployment delivers 2.5x faster time-to-market, but the dataset still shows time to remediate exceeding 250 days for breaches, highlighting a major execution gap in security response.
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Cost Analysis2 stats
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30-50% cost reduction potential from using autoscaling and resource optimization (Microsoft Azure Well-Architected)
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2.7x return on investment from security orchestration and automation (2024 analyst report by Forrester).
Interpretation
Cost Analysis Interpretation
Cost analysis clearly shows that teams can cut costs by about 30 to 50 percent through autoscaling and resource optimization while also delivering a 2.7x return on investment from security orchestration and automation.
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Breach & Risk2 stats
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36% average cost increase per record compared to 2023 for ransomware-related incidents (2024 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report).
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68% of organizations say they have experienced a breach involving a third party or supplier (2024 IBM Security Survey).
Interpretation
Breach & Risk Interpretation
In the Breach & Risk landscape, ransomware-related costs rose 36% per record versus 2023 and 68% of organizations report breaches involving third parties, showing how both direct attacks and supplier exposure are driving mounting financial risk.
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Sources & references
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