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Defining the Federal Information Security Mission: 2009 – 2014 Market Forecast  (Oct 2009)

INPUT's Defining the Federal Information Security Mission: 2009 – 2014 Market Forecast identifies and analyzes drivers, trends and the major business segments that will shape the size and direction of the federal information security market place.

Description

INPUT's Defining the Federal Information Security Mission: 2009 – 2014 Market Forecast illustrates that demand for vendor-furnished information security products and services by the U.S. federal government will increase from $7.9 billion in 2009 to $11.7 billion in 2014 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1%.

Key Findings

This report identifies and analyzes the trends and drivers impacting this market’s growth and identifies and sizes the following six major segments within the federal Information Security marketplace:

• Security Operations
• Planning, Policy and Program Management
• Compliance
• Identity and Access Management
• Training, Education and Awareness
• Infrastructure Security

When forecasting the market INPUT considers various factors that impact the size and direction of the market – including information security-specific legislation and regulations, the business needs of the government, and the technological landscape and the threat environment.

Key forces currently driving the market include:

• Complexity and impact of threats are driving offensive strategy development
• Sweeping legislative remedies that aim to patch holes in federal approaches
• President’s cyber review and impending cyber coordinator driving change
• Complexity of environmental challenges contribute to slow progress
• Evolving threats drive broad technology needs for global defense
• Heightened attacks from resourceful and funded cyber enemies
• The ever-blurring lines between offense and defense raise new challenges

These factors have culminated in increased attention to and funding growth for information security products and services throughout the federal government. Federal agencies' demand for information security services and technologies continues to present diverse opportunities for vendors who are agile and present creative, cost effective solutions especially in the areas of situational awareness, security automation, and information security training.

This year’s report includes information security market sizing for the Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence communities with a look at the major information security initiatives across the federal government. The report also includes a detailed look at the top spending federal departments, the major information security initiatives in each, and how these dollars are distributed across the various sub-segments and products/services. Given the high visibility and numerous stress points of information security, this market will remain an attractive market for the many years.

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