Abstract
This IDC study examines the mobile security software market from 2007 to 2012. Worldwide market sizing is provided for 2007, and a five-year growth forecast for this market is shown for 2008-2012. This study also includes an overview of the mobile threat environment and identifies the characteristics that vendors will need to be successful in the future.
"As the worldwide mobile workforce continues to grow, more and more work is being done on laptops and converged mobile devices," says Stacy Sudan, research analyst with IDC' s Mobile Enterprise Software program. "Savvy enterprises will take steps to manage and secure these devices just like any other endpoint."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Mobile Security Market Definition
- Situation Overview
- The Mobile Security Market in 2007
- The Enterprise Mobile Device Becomes Personal
- Implications of Device Personalization for IT
- Risk Mitigation
- MDM and Mobile Security: The Lines Are Blurring
- Mobile Security Solution Providers
- Mobile Threat Environment
- Information Protection and Control
- Figure: Importance of Securing Mobile Devices to Prevent Data Leaks and Compliance Violations by Company Size
- Mobile Malware
- The Mobile Security Market in 2007
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Worldwide Mobile Device Security Revenue by Functional Market, 2007-2012 ($M)
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Software Markets, 2008-2012
- Figure: Worldwide Mobile Device Security Revenue Share by Form Factor, 2007
- Figure: Worldwide Mobile Device Security Revenue Share by Functional Market, 2007 and 2012
- Growth in Data-Centric Mobile Devices
- Figure: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Shipments by Segment, 2006-2011
- Vendor Profiles
- AdaptiveMobile
- Aladdin Knowledge Systems
- Bluefire Security Technologies
- Check Point
- CREDANT
- Discretix
- Entrust
- F-Secure
- Fiberlink
- Grisoft (AVG)
- Kaspersky
- McAfee
- Microsoft
- Motorola Good Technology Group
- Mobile Armor
- Nokia Intellisync
- PGP
- Research In Motion
- Sophos
- Sybase iAnywhere
- Symantec
- Trend Micro
- Trust Digital
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Methodology
- Synopsis

