World Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (WIPDS) Markets: Industry

World Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (WIPDS) Markets

Published Date: April 2008

Published By: Frost & Sullivan

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This Frost & Sullivan research service titled World Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (WIPDS) Markets provides an overview of the overlay and infrastructure vendors in the market and includes market size, growth projections, and a detailed analysis of key market drivers, restraints, and challenges.

Regulatory Compliance Requirements Drive Market Growth

While organizations are making the most of the cost and productivity benefit associated with wireless networks, companies also need to protect its customer database and financial assets from growing security threats. Wireless LAN is not as secure as a wired network and intruders will try to hack into networks for financial gain and consumer information, therefore the government mandates legislation for organizations using a wireless network. For this reason, regulation and compliance requirement is the number one driver for wireless intrusion detection and prevention systems (WIDPS). Some of the most influential legislation in the WIDPS market are PCI, HIPAA, DOD policy, and Sarbanes Oxley.

However, lack of knowledge about the products and the attacks has led to much confusion in the wireless security market. Once an organization decides to implement a wireless network, there arises the question whether security already exists in the wireless LAN. Since there are different layers of security available for this market, the customer is now faced with whether the security is enough. "Furthermore, IT departments struggle in estimating a budget that will include a WIDPS solution," notes the analyst of this research service. "Even if it is required due to compliance, organizations will still try to keep costs to a minimum."

Integrated vs. Stand-alone Solutions

Integrated and stand-alone vendors are battling it out for a greater share of the WIDPS markets. Integrated vendors have started including basic WIDPS necessary for most organizations and stand-alone vendors are concerned whether the integrated infrastructure companies are taking a major slice of the market share. There is also question of whether overlay vendors will eventually get integrated completely into the infrastructure solutions. From a consumer standpoint, a wireless LAN that has security embedded in a system is easier to deploy and usually more cost effective. Even though organizations may gravitate toward integrated solutions in the future, the overlay vendors will still garner revenue through partnerships and tight integration with integrated solution vendors.

"Regionally, the North American market had the largest market share in 2007 at 68 percent, followed by Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with 21 percent," says the analyst. "EMEA and Asia Pacific appear to be the growing markets due to the increasing implementation of wireless LANs and strong government and healthcare verticals."

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