Worldwide SOAR and Firewall Automation Forecast, 2024–2028: Will GenAI Leave SOAR Vendors Sore?
This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide SOAR and firewall automation market for the 2023–2028 forecast period."Naturally, you cannot help but wonder what GenAI means for SOAR vendors and for firewall automation vendors," observes Chris Kissel, vice president, Security and Trust, IDC. "We just do not know yet whether GenAI is to the greater benefit of existing security automation technologies or if it favors platform providers such as SIEM and extended detection and response (XDR). In addition, public cloud hosts are adding automations and workflow management in such a way that many of the security automation use cases are subsumed as a part of the cloud hosting agreement."
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- IDC Market Forecast Figure
- Executive Summary
- Advice for Technology Suppliers
- Advice to SOAR Vendors
- Advice to Firewall Automation Vendors
- Market Forecast
- Market Context
- Drivers and Inhibitors (for SOAR Vendors)
- Drivers
- SOAR May Still Be in the Sweet Spot Where It Is Nimbler than SIEM and More Versatile than XDR
- The Burgeoning Managed Detection and Response and Managed Security Services Markets Could Be a Real Boost for SOAR Vendors
- Inhibitors
- GenAI May Be Very Detrimental to SOAR
- SOAR Is Beset by an Extremely Aggressive Detection and Response Community
- The Public Cloud Hosts Are Constantly Working on Automation Within Its Platforms
- Thoughts About Firewall Automation
- Significant Market Developments
- Changes from Prior Forecast
- Market Definition
- Security Orchestration and Automated Response
- Firewall Automation
- Methodology
- Related Research
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