The CDN security market is projected to grow from USD 1.93 Billion in 2017 to USD 7.63 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 31.6% during the forecast period. The rising need to mitigate increasing DDoS attacks and growing penetration of connected things & enterprise mobility trends among enterprises have increased the deployment of CDN security.

The CDN security market has been segmented based on type, organization size, vertical, and region. Based on type, the market has been further classified into DDoS protection, web application firewall, bot mitigation & screen scraping protection, data security, and DNS protection. In 2017, the DDoS protection segment is estimated to account for the largest share in the market. DDoS protection plays a vital role in the market as there is a rise in need to mitigate increasing DDoS attacks and growing penetration of connected things & enterprise mobility trends among enterprises.

Based on vertical, the CDN security market is segmented into media, entertainment, and gaming; E-commerce, retail & consumer goods; IT & telecommunication, banking, financial services & insurance; public sector; manufacturing & automotive; healthcare & pharmaceutical; travel & tourism; and others (education, power, electricity & utility). The media, entertainment, and gaming segment is estimated to account for the largest share in 2017. Increase in media content such as video, audio, virtual reality games over the internet and securing the content from cyber-attacks plays a crucial role in increasing the demand for CDN security.

As per geographic analysis, the North American region is estimated to lead the CDN security market in 2017. The growth of the market in North America can be attributed to the increased deployment of CDN security in the region along with the presence of key companies and technical advancement to manage expertise to integrate CDN security with other technologies in businesses is very high. In addition, there have been innovations in CDN security technology through R&D and the rise in deployment of the cloud CDN solutions across industries.

Security issues due to the complexity of CDN and security and operational costs are restraining the growth of the CDN security market.

Key players operating in the CDN security market include Akamai Technologies (US), Cloudflare (US), Stackpath (US), Limelight Networks (US), Amazon Web Services (US), Microsoft (US), Radware (Israel), Arbor Networks (US), Nexusguard (US), Distil Networks (US), Verizon Digital Media Services (US), and ChinaCache (China). These companies are focusing on developing CDN security along with the adoption of various growth strategies, such as partnerships and collaborations, contracts, mergers & acquisitions, new product launches, and business expansions to increase their shares in the market.

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