Zero-trust Security Report
: Analysis on the Market, Trends, and TechnologiesThe zero-trust security market is rapidly expanding, with the internal trend report projecting a market size of USD 38.37 billion in 2025 and a near-18% CAGR (17.7%) through the current forecast window, signaling sustained commercial momentum and heavy enterprise demand for identity-centric defenses. Market research and recent industry analysis corroborate multiple fivefold market-size scenarios to the early 2030s, driven by cloud migration, remote work, and regulatory pressure that together force organisations to replace perimeter assumptions with continuous verification and least-privilege controls
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Topic Dominance Index of Zero-trust Security
By combining normalized data from published articles, newly founded companies, and global search trends, the Topic Dominance Index provides a comprehensive lens that enables you to view the progression and prominence of Zero-trust Security in relation to known Trends and Technologies.
Key Activities and Applications
- Identity-centric access control: continuous authentication and authorization of users, devices, and services to enforce least privilege and replace implicit network trust Zero trust closes the end-user gap in cybersecurity.
So what: identity becomes the primary enforcement plane; investments in MFA, passwordless flows, device posture and session re-validation yield the largest near-term reduction in large breach surface area. - Micro-segmentation and network containment: fine-grained segmentation to limit lateral movement and contain breaches, applied across cloud, virtualized workloads and OT networks
So what: segmentation converts catastrophic “east-west” compromises into isolated incidents, enabling pragmatic breach isolation without full network rewrites. - Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) / VPN replacement: identity-aware, context-driven access to specific applications rather than broad network tunnels
So what: ZTNA reduces attack surface exposed by legacy VPNs and simplifies remote access compliance. - Endpoint and runtime posture verification: continuous device health checks, runtime integrity attestation, and workload posture for containers and VMs.
So what: runtime attestation prevents compromised endpoints from becoming persistent footholds and is essential for cloud-native workloads. - Data-centric controls and entitlement governance: dynamic, context-aware data access (ZTDA), CIEM/entitlement management and DLP integrated into trust decisions
So what: controlling who/what can see or move sensitive data materially reduces regulatory and breach exposure.
Emergent Trends and Core Insights
- Market scale and investor focus sharpen around platforms: multiple market forecasts indicate high-teens CAGR and multi-fold growth to the 2030s, which shifts investor preference from point tools to integrated zero-trust platforms that combine IAM, ZTNA, micro-segmentation, and data controls Zero Trust Security Market Size & Share Report | 2034 Zero Trust Security Market Size – By Deployment (Cloud, On-premises)… 2024 – 2032.
So what: vendors that productize cohesive policy orchestration and simplify integration gain procurement traction with enterprise and government buyers. - AI/ML embedded in policy and detection: behavioural analytics, anomaly detection and adaptive trust scoring appear in patents and product roadmaps as core capabilities that automate re-authentication and dynamic policy shifts
So what: automation reduces policy churn and compensates for scarce skilled security operators while improving time to detect and respond. - Expansion of zero trust into OT/IoT and non-traditional environments: research emphasises extending zero-trust to industrial control systems and IoT endpoints, where legacy constraints create adoption friction but high risk Extending Zero Trust Principles to OT Cybersecurity: European Market Perspective.
So what: specialists that can integrate identity, micro-segmentation and non-intrusive attestation for legacy OT will capture high-value projects. - Zero-knowledge and privacy-preserving verification: cryptographic proofs and decentralized identity are being prototyped to allow verification without revealing attributes, reducing data exposure in identity flows zkMe — decentralized KYC p0x labs / ZK rollups.
So what: ZKP-based identity reduces compliance risk for sensitive identity exchanges and limits credential exposure across federated services. - Securing non-human identities (NHIs) and agentic automation: products focused on API keys, service accounts and AI agents are rising as these identities outnumber humans and carry persistent privileges Astrix Security Clutch Security.
So what: enterprises must expand governance to NHIs or accept growing systemic exposure.
Technologies and Methodologies
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Software-Defined Perimeter: privacy-aware, application-level access that replaces broad network tunnels Is the Middle East Ready for Zero Trust?.
Business impact: reduces lateral blast radius and simplifies least-privilege enforcement. - Identity and Access Management (IAM) with passwordless and phishing-resistant MFA: device trust, continuous authentication and identity orchestration Beyond Identity Solutions implemented as part of ZT strategy (Statista).
Business impact: sharp reductions in credential-based breaches and easier regulatory proof points. - Micro-segmentation and identity-based segmentation: application/workload mapping and fine policy at the process or container level.
Business impact: containment of breaches and pragmatic risk reduction without wholesale network rewrites. - CIEM and entitlement governance: continuous entitlements discovery to enforce least privilege in cloud native environments CIEM and Zero Trust — Lower Risk Appetite Improves Posture.
Business impact: reduces over-provisioning that fuels privilege escalation attacks. - AI-driven analytics and policy automation (CARTA models): continuous adaptive risk and trust assessment for session-level decisions IDC PlanScape: Zero Trust Security Services.
Business impact: scales decisioning and shortens mean time to remediation. - Hardware roots of trust and runtime attestation: TPM, TEEs and QRNG for higher assurance endpoints and post-quantum planning.
Business impact: protects high-value assets and prepares organizations for quantum transition risks.
Zero-trust Security Funding
A total of 579 Zero-trust Security companies have received funding.
Overall, Zero-trust Security companies have raised $48.0B.
Companies within the Zero-trust Security domain have secured capital from 2.3K funding rounds.
The chart shows the funding trendline of Zero-trust Security companies over the last 5 years
Zero-trust Security Companies
- SURF SECURITY — SURF commercialises a zero-trust enterprise browser that treats the browser as the primary enforcement point for SaaS and web app access, combining identity-first access, policy enforcement, and privacy controls. The company targets browser-centric attack paths and aims to reduce tooling sprawl by placing policy close to the user session, which shortens deployment time for SaaS-heavy organisations
- TrustLynx | Embedded Trust Solutions — TrustLynx embeds trust services (e-identification, e-signing, e-sealing) into business applications so identity and attestation become native capabilities. The product suits regulated sectors that require auditable, privacy-preserving identity workflows and reduces integration friction for digital transactions in banking, utilities and health services
- ZeroTrusted.ai — ZeroTrusted.ai combines AI/ML with advanced encryption and decentralized storage to protect data, APIs and models. The startup positions itself for securing generative AI pipelines and datasets with continuous intrusion detection and data-centric access controls, addressing the emerging intersection of AI risk and zero-trust policy
- AccuKnox — AccuKnox offers an AI-powered cloud-native CNAPP that blends runtime protection, anomaly detection and data provenance for containers and microservices. Built with academic partnerships and patented techniques, the platform targets multi-cloud and Kubernetes environments where dynamic service interactions require continuous, identity-based policy enforcement
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Zero-trust Security Investors
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Zero-trust Security News
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Executive Summary
Zero trust has moved from a conceptual model to procurement reality, with data showing high growth expectations and widespread prioritisation by security leaders. The practical challenge for buyers is not the theory but integration: legacy systems, complex vendor stacks and OT constraints slow full-scale adoption. Market winners will deliver consistent identity orchestration, seamless CIEM and data-centric controls, and automate policy with AI so organisations gain continuous verification without unsustainable operational burden. Vendors that make zero-trust policies simple to deploy across cloud, endpoint and OT, while addressing NHIs and AI pipelines, will capture the most durable enterprise and government demand.
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