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“ Deployment gold rush” ignites next phase of cloud-native security growth
report from the Dell’ Oro Group says the CNAPP market is on
A track to surge from $ 2.8 billion in 2024 to $ 7.7 billion in 2029 – expanding at a five-year CAGR of 22 % and growing nearly twice as fast as overall public-cloud infrastructure.
“ What makes this market explosive is the deployment-phase‘ gold rush.’ Visibility and compliance tools grew nearly 50 % last year and our research shows they will add more absolute dollars than any other CNAPP segment through 2029,” Sanchez said.
“ Enterprises are voting with their wallets: cloud security is no longer a bolt-on – it is the control plane,” said Mauricio Sanchez, Sr. Director, Enterprise Security and Networking, Dell’ Oro Group.
Additional highlights from the May 2025 Cloud Workload Security Advanced Research Report include:
• Deployment security rose 48 % in 2024 and is forecast to deliver a 28 % CAGR through 2029 as asset-inventory and audit-ready configuration demands intensify.
• Market leadership is in flux. In 4Q 2024, CrowdStrike wrested quarterly revenue leadership from Palo Alto Networks – even as Palo Alto retained the number one revenue share for the full year – while Wiz and CrowdStrike posted robust 95 % and 70 % annual growth, respectively.
• Consolidation accelerates. Cisco and Check Point exited in-house development to partner with Wiz before Google’ s record-setting bid, highlighting a shift toward platform alliances rather than niche feature wars.
• Runtime remains the bedrock. At $ 1.4 B, runtime protection constituted the largest subsegment in 2024.
NEQSOL Holding finalizes next phase of Digital Silk Way project
NEQSOL Holding has successfully finalized tender processes and commenced a first phase of construction for the Trans-Caspian Fiber Optic Cable Line, a key component of its Digital Silk Way project, in cooperation with Kazakhtelecom, Kazhakstan’ s national telecommunications operator.
The project – the first of its kind in the world – will lay a backbone fiber-optic cable between Europe and Asia, through Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea, creating a digital telecommunications mega corridor.
AzerTelecom, a backbone internet provider in Azerbaijan and a portfolio company of NEQSOL Holding, will lead the implementation of this project.
The Trans-Caspian Cable Project involves the construction of a 380 km long fiber-optic cable line along the seabed of the Caspian Sea, connecting Sumgait( Azerbaijan) and
Aktau( Kazakhstan) enabling high-capacity data transmission, supporting speeds of up to 400 terabits per second.
According to Yusif Jabbarov, CEO of NEQSOL Holding, owner of AzerTelecom and lead investor of the Digital Silk Way initiative:“ The Trans-Caspian Fiber Optic Cable Line is a crucial part of the Digital Silk Way project. This vital innovation will provide the most optimal and shortest route for data transmission, with high bandwidth and minimal latency, boosting regional connectivity and contributing to the economic growth of these countries. I am incredibly proud of the team that has led this implementation and thus created an historic milestone for the entire region.”
AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom plan to complete the construction by the end of 2026.
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