Analysis Of The European Wireless Security Market

Frost & Sullivan has measured and provided forecasts for the wireless security market in Western Europe from 2001 to 2005. Even at this early stage of the development of the wireless security market, there are several areas that can be measured. Frost & Sullivan has divided the wireless security space into three main areas, namely mobile devices security, wireless transmissions and communications security and professional services.

The total wireless security market - which includes mobile devices security, wireless transmissions security and professional services - will grow from $99.6 million in 2001 to $793.9 million in 2005 at a CAGR of 51.5 percent. This represents a much higher growth rate than the average security market and as the market develops wireless security is expected to increase enormously its relevance to the overall security market.

Conclusion

When deploying wireless security it is important to consider all elements involved in order to implement true end-to-end security across the whole network. A point solution is simply not good enough. More importantly, the solutions deployed should be interoperable and scalable as vulnerable points are likely to multiply.

Mobile devices often operate in an environment far more hostile than stationary devices that reside within a protected corporate network. Therefore, a different set of security policies apply. Transmission of data is another key area for protection. For every method of transmission there are several methods of stealing or auditing that transmission and therefore the need to secure the wireless transmissions by deploying the appropriate security technologies. However, security in a wireless environment, if correctly implemented, should not be less secure than wired environments.