Web Content Filtering Market

Global Web Content Filtering Market: Global Size, Trends, Competitive, Historical & Forecast Analysis, 2021-2027. Factors such as rising concerns of security threat and the growing need for enhanced control over employees in enterprises, along with the increasing need to meet stringent compliances are driving the growth of Global Web Content Filtering Market.

Global Web Content Filtering Market is valued at USD 2543.1 Million in 2020 and expected to reach USD 5794.9 Million by 2027 with a CAGR of 12.4% over the forecast period.  

Scope of Global Web Content Filtering Market Report:

A technique that blocks and screens access to inappropriate or unsafe web content is knows as Web content filtering. It is used in many companies for avoiding employees from visiting known spam sites or in school systems restricting students from adult content. Its major benefits are such as tightened network security, increased employee productivity, network bandwidth efficiency, and reduced inappropriate content, minimized company liability and many more.

It works by using hardware or software-based solutions for the establishment of rules about the types of sites that may be visited. By using keywords or other commonalities between sites all the content is grouped into categories such as gambling, sports, adult, streaming and so on and those sites in undesirable categories are blocked on the network. The technology behind this webcontent filtering creates rules and patterns that apply to the harmful websites that may try to find access. The filter used in the web contents classifies commonalities such as objects within images or text strings such as keywords & groups them into categories such as gambling, gaming, sports, adult and so on by using prearranged rules.

Covid-19 has shown a positive impact on the growth of global webcontent filter market as even in pandemic situation globalization has not stopped. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many industries witnessed significant shift in their businesses. Most of the private companies have announced work from home till the situation gets under control.

Due to in-home isolation worldwide, web content filtering software are being used for providing securities in the communication and live virtual events for minimizing the social and economic impact of the outbreak. This is possible due to the internet connection. Hence, there is increased need to protect it from external threats. Thus, cloud internet security with web content filtering is the ideal choice during pandemic situation.

Global web content filtering market is segmented product type, end-users and region & country level. On the basis of product type, the global web content filtering market is segmented into URL filtering, IP filtering, DNS (Domain Name System) filtering, keyword filtering, file type filtering and other filtering techniques. On the basis of end-user, the market is segmented into business organizations, government agencies, schools and institutions and others.

Global Web Content Filtering Market Segmentation:

By Product Type:

• URL Filtering
• IP Filtering
• DNS (Domain Name System) Filtering
• Keyword Filtering
• File Type Filtering
• Other Filtering Techniques

By End-User:

• Business Organizations
• Government Agencies
• Schools and Institutions
• Others

The regions covered in Global Web Content Filtering Market report are North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Rest of the World. On the basis of country level, the market of Global Web Content Filtering Market is sub divided into U.S., Mexico, Canada, U.K., France, Germany, Italy, China, India, Japan, South East Asia, Middle East Asia (UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia) GCC, Africa, etc.

Key Players for Global Web Content Filtering Market:

The key players of Global Web Content Filtering Market are such as ContentKeeper Technologies Pty Ltd., Blue Coat Systems, Inc.(bluecoat content filter), Symantec Corporation, Zscaler, Inc., Barracuda Networks, Inc.(barracuda web filter reporting), Cisco Systems, Inc.(cisco web filter), McAfee, Inc., Bloxx Ltd., Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(palo alto web filter), Websense, Inc. (Forcepoint, LLC), Trend Micro, Inc., Kaspersky Lab and others.

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Rising Concerns regarding Security Threat and the Growing Need for Enhanced Control over Employees in Enterprises, along with the Increasing Need to Meet Stringent Compliances are Driving the Market Growth

As World Wide Web (WWW) has become a fundamental part of modern business communications for billions of users. So with all of the good qualities of increased productivity & communications, it approaches some ugly underside fraught with security risks as with millions of applications & world wide access to information, video, music, email, instant messaging (IM), voice-over-IP (VoIP), etc. The way users are conducting business, to communicate, shop and entertain is changing rapidly. With this, there is increasing risk associated with simple WWW access that was once taken for granted only a few years ago.

Thus, as a solution to this, web content filtering method is highly preferred and used to prevent web-borne threats from entering the enterprise IT ecosystem. Thus, increasing concerns regarding security threat has increased the growth of the web content filtering market.

Also most of the employees in the company are granted unregulated access to the online domains which opens up the network to several threats. Thus, a need for web content filtering is an essential solution for most enterprises. The responsibility of content is also determined by web content filtering solution which in turn takes care of the legal formalities associated with restricted content access.

Moreover, organizations having a web content filtering strategy in place can also improve overall productivity by minimizing internet abuse. It is very essential for the filters to only block the illegitimate content as having efficient content filters in place can ensure that the employees can continue their work without any disruptions and at the same time the security of the organization is also not hampered. Thus, increasing use of web content filtering for reducing such distractions and enhance productivity of employees is also fueling the growth of the market.

However, issues including installation complexities, high cost of installation and violation of rights may hamper the growth of the market. In spite of that, increasing awareness among parents regarding unpleasant activities and inappropriate information available over the internet may create more opportunities for the further growth of the market.

North America is Expected to Dominate the Global Web Content Filtering Market

The global web content filtering market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia- Pacific Latin America and Middle East & Africa. North America region is expected to dominate the global web content filtering market. This is due to the increasing need for organizations to reduce the misuse of the internet and enhance their employees’ productivity, favorable government regulations, which encourage the adoption of web content filtering solutions and innovative technology & addressing the incidents of attacks on enterprises’ IT infrastructures in this region. As by means of filtering software controlling access to the Internet has become a growth industry in the U.S.

Also in North America the content filtering is a practice in which internet users are denied access to certain online content based on government requirements. National authorities may approve public policies to restrict or prevent access to content such as content that violates intellectual property laws, child abuse material, threatens national security or is prohibited for a range of cultural or political reasons. Thus, in North America digital authoritarianism sees governments taking control of internet infrastructure with increasing online surveillance and controlling content. In addition, government of many countries in the North America region has increased the spending on cybersecurity.

For instance; in 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in United States has requested a total of about 2.6 billion U.S. dollars for its entire cyber security budget by making it the second-largest budget among the CFO act government agencies.

North America

• U.S.
• Canada

Europe

• U.K.
• France
• Germany
• Italy

Asia Pacific

• China
• Japan
• India
• Southeast Asia

Latin America

• Brazil
• Mexico

Middle East and Africa

• GCC
• Africa
• Rest of Middle East and Africa

Report Analysis	Details
Historical data	2015 - 2020
Forecast Period	2021 - 2027
Market Size in 2020:	USD 2543.1 Million
Base year considered	2020
Forecast Period CAGR %:	12.4%
Market Size Expected in 2027:	USD 5794.9 Million
Tables, Charts & Figures:	175
Pages	192
Key Players/Companies	ContentKeeper Technologies Pty Ltd., Blue Coat Systems, Inc., Symantec Corporation, Zscaler, Inc., Barracuda Networks, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., McAfee, Inc., Bloxx Ltd., Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Websense, Inc. (Forcepoint, LLC), Trend Micro, Inc., Kaspersky Lab and others.
Segments Covered	By Product Type, By End-User
Regional Analysis	North America, U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Asia Pacific, China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, South America, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, The Middle East and Africa, GCC, Africa, Rest of the Middle East and Africa

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