The cybersecurity market in 2025: The Only Constant is Change

If there’s one certainty about cybersecurity, it’s that there are few certainties. 2025 will be no exception to this rule – and it’s a reality now further complicated by market uncertainty.

This year will see yet more transformational change throughout IT, as the AI train continues to race forward. Yesterday’s watchword of “generative” AI will soon be complemented by concepts such as “agentic” functionality. Both are simply part of ongoing transformation in capability that will have a marked impact on cybersecurity.

In prior years, we had seen security products gather around centers of platform gravity. Now, some of those centers are converging. As these worlds collide, will combined strategies ultimately deliver the expected value to the right personas? Or will those dominating existing centers of gravity resist convergence threats and prevail? 

Beyond these issues, what are the trends that will shape the security market overall? How do budget expectations compare with how markets are unfolding now? Are themes such as identity, data security and privacy pervasive throughout security tech? Or will they command centers of their own gravity in the coming year?

The 451 Research Security and Tech M&A team looks forward to sharing their research with you on all these areas and more.