Natalia Milchakova. the Russian market has potential for growth against the backdrop of import substitution. companies are ready to abandon foreign solutions and switch to Russian firewalls. The main buyers of domestic NGFW developers are government agencies and state companies. since they have no other choice. unlike private businesses. which can
afford to be convinced of the quality of a domestic product.
Leonid Delitsyn. an analyst overseas data at Finam. agreed with her. He noted that the Russian market for advanced information security solutions is growing faster than the global market due to a “lag” in consumer acquisitions. According to him. the introduction of such innovations follows the “waterfall” model and begins with the largest and richest markets (the US and Europe). and then they appear in Russia.
“And now there are no foreign developers. and during this time Russian companies in the information security sphere. which monitor the development of the market. can assess which solutions are the most popular. and these are the ones that they start to develop and provide. Accordingly. the sales this fundamental shift in the rate of such solutions is faster than in pioneer markets. because consumers perceive the solutions as already tested. and the risks. accordingly. as lower.” noted Leonid Delitsyn.
Dmitry Golovko. Product Manager for Cloud and Network Security at Kaspersky Lab. said that this assessment reflects the situation on the domestic market for firewalls.
“NGFW is used in almost all domestic companies. They are in demand. including in the small and medium business segment. NGFW class solutions have broad capabilities for protecting IT infrastructure from network attacks. However. depending on the area of application of the firewall – on the perimeter or for internal segmentation – customers may have different priorities in terms of firewall functionality.” he said.
“Increased hacker attacks. server hacks.
including those of government agencies. and frequent cases of fraud will motivate entrepreneurs to use appropriate security tools that operate stably even under increased loads and failures. Russia already has its own NGFW market brands. such as Positive Technologies JSC and Solar Group of Companies. which are capable of competing with foreign counterparts. But these fast-growing corporations had only 6% of the market for two in 2024. At the same time. more than 31% of the market is accounted for by the four largest foreign suppliers. Given that the state provides support to the Russian IT sector. including the cybersecurity segment. it can be expected that by 2030 the Russian NGFW market will really grow faster than the global one. one can agree with the
experts.” concluded Natalia Milchakova.
his was reported at the XXV All-Russian Banking Conference by Olga Yarygina. Deputy Chairman of the Board of JSC Bank 131.
“In 2024. 67% of cyberattacks were committed on API gateways of neobanks. However. not all attacks were successful. Banks are good at repelling them. Nevertheless. the risk exists. and it must be managed efficiently with the help of the regulator and credit institutions.” Olga Yarygina noted.