Telcos’ Managed Security Services Market Opportunity in Africa & Middle East

by Sameer Joshi or 01-Oct-2018

"Telcos’ Managed Security Services Market Opportunity in Africa & Middle East", a new Telecom Insider Report by GlobalData, provides an executive-level overview of the managed security services (MSS) opportunity in Africa & Middle East (AME). It analyses key trends and delivers insights into the MSS market opportunity for telcos.
The launch of MSS services by AME telcos is a fairly recent trend, with many having launched services over the past few years. Telco’s have a variety of opportunities in the MSS segments that span Infrastructure Security Services, Application Security Services, and Cyber Security Services.

APPLICATIONS SECURITY -
Application security and process management. Services and solutions include the management and monitoring of antispam, content filtering, anti-virus, among other applications.

INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY -
Network, servers and end-point security and engineering. Services includes management and monitoring of firewall, VPV SSL, IDS, IPS, among others.

CYBER SECURITY -
Protects information from unauthorized access to avoid identity theft and to protect privacy. Services include identity and access management and data protection with cryptography.

Key Highlights –

  • The MSS market in AME is forecasted to grow from US$ 2.3 billion in 2017 to US$ 3.7 billion by 2022
  • Application security services is often a prominently featured type of service usually alongside a portfolio of infrastructure security services.
  • Cyber security services tends to be less commonly offered by AME telcos as it is a more sophisticated offering that tends to be launched as a linear progression in a telco’s MSS service portfolio evolution.