The global virtualization security tools industry was valued at US$ 2 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach a value of US$ 2.34 billion in 2023. Furthermore, with the growing demand for cloud platforms and data breaches the market demand for virtualization security tools is projected to grow at a CAGR of 20% between 2023 and 2033, expected to be valued at US$ 14.5 billion by 2033.
With the invention of virtualization technology, the IT industry has emerged as one of the leading sectors. Many large corporations and government organizations are implementing virtualization as a means of saving money and increasing productivity, and it is becoming increasingly popular and essential in modern computing.
A virtualization security solution can be implemented in a data center, server cluster, or software-defined data center in the form of hardware and software appliances. These appliances monitor activity, find threats, and prevent malware from spreading. For secure virtual environments to be properly implemented, they must be adapted to suit the specific vulnerabilities and security risks of each environment.
As virtualized computing and cloud environments have grown in popularity, there has been an escalation in the demand for virtualization security products. Even simple on-off testing purposes can be performed on virtual machines, thereby being easily overlooked. Virtual machines can be exploited and attacked without adequate management and supervision. Organizations have seen a dramatic increase in attack surfaces as cloud environments have grown while providing a wealth of benefits.
Considering the number of potential risks associated with virtual environments, security features have been designed to ensure they are protected against them. In addition to focusing on specific applications and workloads, many virtualization security solutions will also monitor traffic that originates from and transits through virtual environments. Physical machines or servers running multiple virtual machines are the most efficient platforms for deploying these tools.
Virtual environments, particularly virtual machines, are at the core of all security tools in this industry. Customized virtual machine security solutions are the most helpful since they emphasize scalability across the enterprise, data center, and cloud computing environments. When multiple virtual machines are being hosted on a single server or machine, using dedicated hardware solutions often provides greater resource efficiency. The enterprise can save a tremendous amount of resources by using these efficiencies.
In addition to offering specific features for specific security applications, like antivirus or data backup, virtualization security solutions are capable of serving a wide range of purposes. While some solutions focus on securing virtual machines, others focus on cloud environments. Due to the growing necessity of virtualization security for businesses, vendors are increasingly bundling it with firewalls, security software, and networking software.
Security solutions based on virtualization may be more cost-effective in some situations, as well as improving compliance and IT management. Organizations that use virtual machine security solutions frequently or have workloads in the cloud that are not well secured by traditional security software are likely to use virtual machine security solutions.
It is unnecessary for businesses to run multiple servers on one server since multiple servers can be run on a virtual machine without a risk of failure. As a result of virtualization, multiple servers can be run on a single machine while being isolated from one another. In addition, application isolation tools ensure that applications are protected from malicious activity in virtualized environments.
A virtual firewall provides security through a tool that can be configured to create virtual networks that can withstand malicious traffic in order to ensure that data is transferred safely. In order to separate different types of traffic, network segmentation tools facilitate the creation of virtualized networks that control the flow of data. Virtualization and cloud computing have advanced rapidly over the past few years, providing software-as-a-services, infrastructure-as-a-services, and platform-as-a-services. Protecting confidential data from unauthorized access is a function of encryption tools that are used to protect the data. In order to create virtualized networks and stop malicious traffic, virtualized security appliances can be used to build robust security tools in order to prevent traffic from becoming malicious.
| Data Points | Key Statistics |
|---|---|
| Estimated Base Year Value (2022) | US$ 2 billion |
| Expected Market Value (2023) | US$ 2.34 billion |
| Anticipated Forecast Value (2033) | US$ 14.5 billion |
| Projected Growth Rate (2023 to 2033) | 20% CAGR |
Virtualization security is a collection of procedures, devices, and control management technique that ensure maximum security to counter cyber-attack. Virtualization security tools uses virtualization features to create and isolate a secure area of memory from the operating system.
Virtualization security tools provide protection from vulnerabilities in the operating system and prevents the use of malicious exploits that tries to attempt to defeat protections.Virtualization security tools make use of windows hypervisor for creating the virtual secure mode and to enforce restrictions that protects operating system resources.
It is also used for protecting security assets such as authenticated user credentials.The hypervisor prevent malware from executing code even if it gains access to the operating system’s kernel due to increasing protection provided by virtualization security tools.The virtualization security tools help to monitor, control and enable virtualization with focus on security aspects.
Increasing Adoption of Virtualization in Organization is increasing the demand for virtualization security tools market
Adoption of virtualization is increasing in organization as the virtualization technologies allow multiple tenants to share physical resources with a degree of security and isolation. Virtualization helps to protect transparent introspection of virtual machine activity and content to monitor and control. Virtualization can help in cost saving when it comes to cooling down serves and getting things back up and running after a technical disaster.
Virtualization provide improved security but it does not have capability to stop all attacks, so the virtualization security tools are used for this purpose. Virtualization tools adds a layer of abstraction between the virtual machine and physical hardware. This helps to prevent the damage and even if the entire virtual hard disk gets corrupted the physical hard disk remains undamaged.
Virtualization security tools helps to protect from security threat and protects the valuable company data.
Demand is increasing for Anti-Malware Solution to Protect the Virtual Infrastructure
As the malware attacks are increasing, it is the major concern in virtual infrastructure. With introduction of worms like IoT Linux and DejaBlue that attacks targeted user’s devices, anti-malware in the guest operating system is insufficient. Virtualization security solution performs online and offline scanning and remediation of virtual machine and files to fully backup guest operating system anti-malware.
Unlike physical machines there are chances of having more dormant virtual machines than the existing once that can spread the infection when they are booted so there is need to scan and remediate the dormant virtual machines to spread the infection. For this the intrusion detection system and intrusion prevention systems solution are used as they can detect and block malware at the network level during or after the infection.
The key players in the Virtualization Security Tools are
The report is a compilation of first-hand information, qualitative and quantitative assessment by industry analysts, inputs from industry experts and industry participants across the value chain of the global Virtualization Security Tools market.
The report provides an in-depth analysis of parent market trends, macroeconomic indicators and governing factors along with Virtualization Security Tools market attractiveness as per segments. The report on Virtualization Security Tools market also maps the qualitative impact of various factors on Virtualization Security Tools market segments and geographies.
Explore Similar Insights
Virtualization Security Tools Market
Thank you!
You will receive an email from our Business Development Manager. Please be sure to check your SPAM/JUNK folder too.
