NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Firewall--According to IDC, vendor revenue in the overall security appliance market grew 5.7% year over year in Q2 2022 reaching over $4.9 billion, representing a $269 million increase compared to the same quarter in 2021. In the same period, security appliance shipments delivered 7.2% year-over-year growth to more than 1.3 million units.

The combined Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Firewall market saw year-over-year growth of 7.2% in 2Q22. All other security appliance markets – Content Management, Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP), and Virtual Private Network (VPN) – also saw positive year-over-year growth in the second quarter.

"The overall Security Appliances market experienced healthy growth in the second quarter of 2022 with the Middle East & Africa, the United States, and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan and China) regions driving the market. Security subscription services attached to hardware platforms are playing a key role in the relevance of this platform within security hybrid strategies for securing ICT environments," said Carlo Dávila, research manager, Enterprise Trackers at IDC.