Cybersecurity may be one of the Australian channel’s strongest growth opportunities, but turning demand into sustainable profit is not straightforward.
The recent techpartner.news State of the MSP report found security was the leading source of expected revenue or profit growth among managed service providers, as nominated by two-thirds of respondents.
It’s not hard to see why, with Gartner forecasting Australian information-security spending will exceed $7 billion in 2026. Security services are the largest segment, including consulting and professional and managed security services, with Gartner forecasting that spending will increase by 6.9 percent from 2025 to reach $3.7 billion this year.
