Positive Technologies: the cybersecurity market in Russia grew by 10-20% in 2022

In 2022, the Russian information security market grew by 10–20%, the press service of Positive Technologies reported. In their opinion, this happened due to the large number of hacker attacks on Russian companies, as well as the position of regulators and the state in this area.

“The initial pessimistic forecasts of analytical agencies regarding the Russian information security (IS) market did not come true. Despite the expected reduction in the market volume by 11%, according to the preliminary expert estimates of Positive Technologies, the information security market has grown by 10-20%,” the company said (quote from “Prime”).

Positive Technologies also noted that market growth was influenced not only by the number of hacker attacks on Russian infrastructure, but also by the active position of “regulators and the state, which translates practical, effective cybersecurity into a number of key needs.” They called the number of hacker attacks on information infrastructure unprecedented.

“The rapid departure of foreign manufacturers of protective equipment negatively affected the market dynamics, however, it grew and became different – the market of domestic manufacturers,” added Maxim Filippov, Business Development Director of Positive Technologies in Russia.

Earlier, Kommersant wrote that in 2022 the number of DDoS attacks in Russia increased by more than 700% compared to the results of 2021. In total, 1.2 million DDoS attacks were recorded in the country. Most of the attacks occurred at the application layer.

More details – in the publication “Kommersant” “Hackers got carried away by Russian business”.

Olesya Pavlenko