Network Forensics Market - Forecasts from 2025 to 2030
Description
Network Forensics Market Size:
The Network Forensics Market will climb from USD 4.021 billion in 2025 to USD 8.640 billion by 2030, registering a 16.53% CAGR.
The network forensics market is a vital pillar of cybersecurity, focusing on the monitoring, capture, and analysis of network traffic to detect, investigate, and mitigate incidents like data breaches, malware, and insider threats. This discipline reconstructs attack timelines, identifies vulnerabilities, and ensures regulatory compliance in an interconnected digital landscape. Unlike device-centric forensics, network forensics examines data packets to uncover malicious activities, integrating with SIEM, IDS, and AI analytics for enhanced visibility. The expansion of remote work, cloud computing, and IoT devices has broadened attack surfaces, making comprehensive traffic analysis indispensable.
This research examines current trends in demand, supply, and sales, alongside recent developments shaping the network forensics market. It provides a comprehensive analysis of key drivers, restraints, and opportunities. The study details industry trends, policies, and regulations across geographical regions, offering stakeholders a thorough understanding of the regulatory framework and critical factors influencing the market environment.
Competitive intelligence identifies major industry players and their revenue contributions, derived from extensive secondary research. Sources include industry association studies, analyst reports, investor presentations, press releases, and journals. Market size for the overall network forensics sector and its key segments was determined using both bottom-up and top-down methodologies. Values were validated with primary inputs from stakeholders in the global network forensics value chain. Comprehensive market engineering integrated data from diverse sources and proprietary datasets, employing data triangulation for accurate market breakdown and forecasting.
Market insights are presented through analytical narratives, charts, and graphics, enabling efficient comprehension of global network forensics market dynamics. The global market is expected to reach USD 2.59 billion in 2025, growing at a CAGR of 14.41% to USD 5.07 billion by 2030. Key players profiled include Broadcom Inc. (Symantec Corporation), Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corporation, Netscout Systems Inc., and Valvi Solutions Inc., among others.
Key Highlights
Sophisticated cyberattacks, including a 30% surge in ransomware, drive demand for advanced solutions. Regulations like GDPR and CCPA require robust analysis for breach investigations, with fines exceeding €2 billion in 2024. AI-powered tools improve real-time detection and response, reducing false positives. Cloud and IoT expansion, with global IoT spending projected at $1.1 trillion by 2026, heightens monitoring needs.
Growth Drivers
The sophistication of threats like APTs and zero-day exploits, with 60% of critical infrastructure facing attacks in 2024, necessitates traffic analysis. Compliance mandates under GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA enforce logging and investigations, amid a 25% rise in penalties. Cloud and IoT proliferation generates massive traffic, requiring scalable forensics for hybrid environments. AI/ML integration enables predictive analytics and automated responses, as seen in platforms reducing dwell time.
Restraints
High implementation costs, including hardware and maintenance, deter SMEs, with 45% citing barriers in 2024. Privacy concerns from capturing sensitive data conflict with regulations, affecting 40% of deployments. A global shortage of 4 million cybersecurity professionals hampers effective tool utilization.
Segmentation Analysis
By Component: Solutions lead with dominant share, driven by AI-integrated packet capture and analysis software for threat hunting. Services grow via consulting for encrypted traffic handling.
By Deployment Model: Cloud deployments prevail, offering scalability for hybrid setups, projected at 22.5% CAGR through 2030. On-premise holds 53% in 2024 for sensitive data control.
By Enterprise Size: Large enterprises dominate due to complex networks and budgets, facing 70% attack rates versus 40% for SMEs.
By Application: Network security expands rapidly, targeting 60% of attacks on infrastructure.
By End-User: BFSI grows significantly, combating 35% rise in financial attacks and PCI DSS compliance.
Regional Analysis
North America leads, with 65% of U.S. enterprises adopting tools amid CISA guidelines and $50 million DHS investment in 2024. Europe captures 28% share, boosted by GDPR and DORA enforcement. Asia Pacific accelerates with cybercrime costs at $3.3 trillion by 2025.
Key Developments
In 2025, CrowdStrike acquired FlowSecurity to integrate cloud-native forensics into Falcon, improving hybrid visibility. In 2024, Palo Alto Networks upgraded Cortex XDR with AI for encrypted traffic analysis and endpoint correlation.
This report equips industry experts with critical insights into market trends, regulatory landscapes, and competitive dynamics. It highlights opportunities in AI integration and cloud forensics while addressing cost and talent challenges. The rigorous methodology, blending primary and secondary data, ensures reliable findings, enabling stakeholders to navigate complexities and prioritize investments in this essential cybersecurity domain.
Key Benefits of this Report:
Insightful Analysis: Gain detailed market insights covering major as well as emerging geographical regions, focusing on customer segments, government policies and socio-economic factors, consumer preferences, industry verticals, and other sub-segments.
Competitive Landscape: Understand the strategic maneuvers employed by key players globally to understand possible market penetration with the correct strategy.
Market Drivers & Future Trends: Explore the dynamic factors and pivotal market trends and how they will shape future market developments.
Actionable Recommendations: Utilize the insights to exercise strategic decisions to uncover new business streams and revenues in a dynamic environment.
Caters to a Wide Audience: Beneficial and cost-effective for startups, research institutions, consultants, SMEs, and large enterprises.
What do businesses use our reports for?
Industry and Market Insights, Opportunity Assessment, Product Demand Forecasting, Market Entry Strategy, Geographical Expansion, Capital Investment Decisions, Regulatory Framework & Implications, New Product Development, Competitive Intelligence
Report Coverage:
Historical data from 2022 to 2024 & forecast data from 2025 to 2030
Growth Opportunities, Challenges, Supply Chain Outlook, Regulatory Framework, and Trend Analysis
Competitive Positioning, Strategies, and Market Share Analysis
Revenue Growth and Forecast Assessment of segments and regions including countries
Company Profiling (Strategies, Products, Financial Information, and Key Developments among others.
Segmentation
By Component
Hardware
Software
Services
By Deployment
On-Premise
Cloud
By Enterprise Size
Small
Medium
Large
By Application
Network Security
Data Center Security
Endpoint Security
Application Security
By End-User
BFSI
Retail
Government
IT & Telecommunication
Healthcare
Others
By Geography
North America
USA
Canada
Mexico
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Others
Europe
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Spain
Others
Middle East and Africa
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Israel
Others
Asia Pacific
China
India
Japan
South Korea
Indonesia
Thailand
Taiwan
Others
The Network Forensics Market will climb from USD 4.021 billion in 2025 to USD 8.640 billion by 2030, registering a 16.53% CAGR.
The network forensics market is a vital pillar of cybersecurity, focusing on the monitoring, capture, and analysis of network traffic to detect, investigate, and mitigate incidents like data breaches, malware, and insider threats. This discipline reconstructs attack timelines, identifies vulnerabilities, and ensures regulatory compliance in an interconnected digital landscape. Unlike device-centric forensics, network forensics examines data packets to uncover malicious activities, integrating with SIEM, IDS, and AI analytics for enhanced visibility. The expansion of remote work, cloud computing, and IoT devices has broadened attack surfaces, making comprehensive traffic analysis indispensable.
This research examines current trends in demand, supply, and sales, alongside recent developments shaping the network forensics market. It provides a comprehensive analysis of key drivers, restraints, and opportunities. The study details industry trends, policies, and regulations across geographical regions, offering stakeholders a thorough understanding of the regulatory framework and critical factors influencing the market environment.
Competitive intelligence identifies major industry players and their revenue contributions, derived from extensive secondary research. Sources include industry association studies, analyst reports, investor presentations, press releases, and journals. Market size for the overall network forensics sector and its key segments was determined using both bottom-up and top-down methodologies. Values were validated with primary inputs from stakeholders in the global network forensics value chain. Comprehensive market engineering integrated data from diverse sources and proprietary datasets, employing data triangulation for accurate market breakdown and forecasting.
Market insights are presented through analytical narratives, charts, and graphics, enabling efficient comprehension of global network forensics market dynamics. The global market is expected to reach USD 2.59 billion in 2025, growing at a CAGR of 14.41% to USD 5.07 billion by 2030. Key players profiled include Broadcom Inc. (Symantec Corporation), Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corporation, Netscout Systems Inc., and Valvi Solutions Inc., among others.
Key Highlights
Sophisticated cyberattacks, including a 30% surge in ransomware, drive demand for advanced solutions. Regulations like GDPR and CCPA require robust analysis for breach investigations, with fines exceeding €2 billion in 2024. AI-powered tools improve real-time detection and response, reducing false positives. Cloud and IoT expansion, with global IoT spending projected at $1.1 trillion by 2026, heightens monitoring needs.
Growth Drivers
The sophistication of threats like APTs and zero-day exploits, with 60% of critical infrastructure facing attacks in 2024, necessitates traffic analysis. Compliance mandates under GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA enforce logging and investigations, amid a 25% rise in penalties. Cloud and IoT proliferation generates massive traffic, requiring scalable forensics for hybrid environments. AI/ML integration enables predictive analytics and automated responses, as seen in platforms reducing dwell time.
Restraints
High implementation costs, including hardware and maintenance, deter SMEs, with 45% citing barriers in 2024. Privacy concerns from capturing sensitive data conflict with regulations, affecting 40% of deployments. A global shortage of 4 million cybersecurity professionals hampers effective tool utilization.
Segmentation Analysis
By Component: Solutions lead with dominant share, driven by AI-integrated packet capture and analysis software for threat hunting. Services grow via consulting for encrypted traffic handling.
By Deployment Model: Cloud deployments prevail, offering scalability for hybrid setups, projected at 22.5% CAGR through 2030. On-premise holds 53% in 2024 for sensitive data control.
By Enterprise Size: Large enterprises dominate due to complex networks and budgets, facing 70% attack rates versus 40% for SMEs.
By Application: Network security expands rapidly, targeting 60% of attacks on infrastructure.
By End-User: BFSI grows significantly, combating 35% rise in financial attacks and PCI DSS compliance.
Regional Analysis
North America leads, with 65% of U.S. enterprises adopting tools amid CISA guidelines and $50 million DHS investment in 2024. Europe captures 28% share, boosted by GDPR and DORA enforcement. Asia Pacific accelerates with cybercrime costs at $3.3 trillion by 2025.
Key Developments
In 2025, CrowdStrike acquired FlowSecurity to integrate cloud-native forensics into Falcon, improving hybrid visibility. In 2024, Palo Alto Networks upgraded Cortex XDR with AI for encrypted traffic analysis and endpoint correlation.
This report equips industry experts with critical insights into market trends, regulatory landscapes, and competitive dynamics. It highlights opportunities in AI integration and cloud forensics while addressing cost and talent challenges. The rigorous methodology, blending primary and secondary data, ensures reliable findings, enabling stakeholders to navigate complexities and prioritize investments in this essential cybersecurity domain.
Key Benefits of this Report:
Insightful Analysis: Gain detailed market insights covering major as well as emerging geographical regions, focusing on customer segments, government policies and socio-economic factors, consumer preferences, industry verticals, and other sub-segments.
Competitive Landscape: Understand the strategic maneuvers employed by key players globally to understand possible market penetration with the correct strategy.
Market Drivers & Future Trends: Explore the dynamic factors and pivotal market trends and how they will shape future market developments.
Actionable Recommendations: Utilize the insights to exercise strategic decisions to uncover new business streams and revenues in a dynamic environment.
Caters to a Wide Audience: Beneficial and cost-effective for startups, research institutions, consultants, SMEs, and large enterprises.
What do businesses use our reports for?
Industry and Market Insights, Opportunity Assessment, Product Demand Forecasting, Market Entry Strategy, Geographical Expansion, Capital Investment Decisions, Regulatory Framework & Implications, New Product Development, Competitive Intelligence
Report Coverage:
Historical data from 2022 to 2024 & forecast data from 2025 to 2030
Growth Opportunities, Challenges, Supply Chain Outlook, Regulatory Framework, and Trend Analysis
Competitive Positioning, Strategies, and Market Share Analysis
Revenue Growth and Forecast Assessment of segments and regions including countries
Company Profiling (Strategies, Products, Financial Information, and Key Developments among others.
Segmentation
By Component
Hardware
Software
Services
By Deployment
On-Premise
Cloud
By Enterprise Size
Small
Medium
Large
By Application
Network Security
Data Center Security
Endpoint Security
Application Security
By End-User
BFSI
Retail
Government
IT & Telecommunication
Healthcare
Others
By Geography
North America
USA
Canada
Mexico
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Others
Europe
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Spain
Others
Middle East and Africa
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Israel
Others
Asia Pacific
China
India
Japan
South Korea
Indonesia
Thailand
Taiwan
Others
Table of Contents
146 Pages
- 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 2. MARKET SNAPSHOT
- 2.1. Market Overview
- 2.2. Market Definition
- 2.3. Scope of the Study
- 2.4. Market Segmentation
- 3. BUSINESS LANDSCAPE
- 3.1. Market Drivers
- 3.2. Market Restraints
- 3.3. Market Opportunities
- 3.4. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
- 3.5. Industry Value Chain Analysis
- 3.6. Policies and Regulations
- 3.7. Strategic Recommendations
- 4. TECHNOLOGICAL OUTLOOK
- 5. NETWORK FORENSICS MARKET BY COMPONENT
- 5.
- 1. Introduction
- 5.2. Hardware
- 5.3. Software
- 5.4. Services
- 6. NETWORK FORENSICS MARKET BY DEPLOYMENT
- 6.
- 1. Introduction
- 6.2. On-Premise
- 6.3. Cloud
- 7. NETWORK FORENSICS MARKET BY ENTERPRISE SIZE
- 7.
- 1. Introduction
- 7.2. Small
- 7.3. Medium
- 7.4. Large
- 8. NETWORK FORENSICS MARKET BY APPLICATION
- 8.
- 1. Introduction
- 8.2. Network Security
- 8.3. Data Center Security
- 8.4. Endpoint Security
- 8.5. Application Security
- 9. NETWORK FORENSICS MARKET BY END-USER
- 9.
- 1. Introduction
- 9.2. BFSI
- 9.3. Retail
- 9.4. Government
- 9.5. IT & Telecommunication
- 9.6. Healthcare
- 9.7. Others
- 10. NETWORK FORENSICS MARKET BY GEOGRAPHY
- 10.
- 1. Introduction
- 10.2. North America
- 10.2.1. USA
- 10.2.2. Canada
- 10.2.3. Mexico
- 10.3. South America
- 10.3.1. Brazil
- 10.3.2. Argentina
- 10.3.3. Others
- 10.4. Europe
- 10.4.1. Germany
- 10.4.2. France
- 10.4.3. United Kingdom
- 10.4.4. Spain
- 10.4.5. Others
- 10.5. Middle East and Africa
- 10.5.1. Saudi Arabia
- 10.5.2. UAE
- 10.5.3. Israel
- 10.5.4. Others
- 10.6. Asia Pacific
- 10.6.1. China
- 10.6.2. India
- 10.6.3. Japan
- 10.6.4. South Korea
- 10.6.5. Indonesia
- 10.6.6. Thailand
- 10.6.7. Taiwan
- 10.6.8. Others
- 11. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND ANALYSIS
- 11.1. Major Players and Strategy Analysis
- 11.2. Market Share Analysis
- 11.3. Mergers, Acquisitions, Agreements, and Collaborations
- 11.4. Competitive Dashboard
- 12. COMPANY PROFILES
- 12.1. IBM Corporation
- 12.2. Cisco Systems, Inc.
- 12.3. FireEye, Inc.
- 12.4. Broadcom Inc.
- 12.5. NetScout Systems, Inc
- 12.6. VIAVI Solutions, Inc.
- 12.7. Exabeam Inc.
- 12.8. NIKSUN Inc.
- 12.9. Darktrace Holdings Ltd
- 12.10. ExtraHop Networks Inc.
- 12.11. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
- 13. APPENDIX
- 13.1. Currency
- 13.2. Assumptions
- 13.3. Base and Forecast Years Timeline
- 13.4. Key benefits for the stakeholders
- 13.5. Research Methodology
- 13.6. Abbreviations
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
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