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Over the past few months, I’ve been working with the MarketsandMarkets™ team on Corero Network Security’s submission for their latest DDoS Protection and Mitigation Market report. When the final vendor matrix came through, I was delighted with the results.
After multiple years of positive progress in their rankings, for the second year in a row, Corero has been named a Star. Even better, we’ve moved significantly up and to the right within the Stars quadrant compared to last year.
Here’s what the recognition means, what drove it, and why it matters for the organizations we protect.
MarketsandMarkets 2026 DDoS Protection and Mitigation Market Matrix
How the MarketsandMarkets™ Evaluation Matrix Works
The Company Evaluation Matrix is a competitive analysis of the key vendors in the DDoS protection and mitigation market. Each vendor is assessed on two dimensions:
- Product footprint: the breadth and depth of offerings, features and functionality, and estimated product revenue
- Market share and rank
Vendors are then placed into one of four categories: Stars, Emerging Leaders, Pervasive Players, and Participants. MarketsandMarkets defines Stars as “the leading key players in the market, with a wide product portfolio, strong market presence, and effective business strategies.”
It’s a definition we’re proud to fit for a second year, especially with the progress we’ve made within this leaders category.
What Moved Corero Forward in 2026
Over the past year, we’ve continued to deliver a more innovative, complete, and integrated portfolio, and the report captures that progress. It highlights:
- SmartWall ONE™ 15.0, with intelligent TLS inspection and mitigation orchestration
- New and expanded partnerships across the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia
Add our alliances with Akamai and HPE Juniper Networking, and you get a clear picture of a business growing in both capability and reach.
I was especially pleased to see how the report describes our offering:
“In the DDoS protection and mitigation market, Corero’s primary offering is SmartWall ONE, an adaptive DDoS protection platform designed for real-time detection and automated mitigation of attacks across Layers 3-7, including HTTPS/TLS encrypted attack protection.”
That’s exactly what we built the platform to do.
Why a Star Placement Matters for DDoS Protection Buyers
Corero earned top scores across regions, offerings, and verticals. For customers and partners, that translates into:
- Real-time protection that goes deep. Automated detection and mitigation across Layers 3–7, including encrypted attacks.
- Global reach. Customers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and Latin America.
- Deployment flexibility. Options spanning hardware, software, virtual, SaaS, and cloud-native environments, designed to fit existing networks without a rip-and-replace.
- More than DDoS. With CORE’s extensibility, we add traffic analysis, application security, and Zero Trust Admission Control.
- New revenue for providers. Service providers and MSSPs can turn DDoS protection into a revenue-generating service with minimal lift.
Much of this story comes down to how SmartWall ONE and CORE work together. The combined solution extends availability protection and resiliency to the application layer without adding complexity or overhead. Customers gain more visibility, more control, and more value, with less operational burden.
Recognized Through Our Partners
Look closely at the Stars quadrant and you’ll also find Akamai, which uses our technology for its on-premises DDoS solution, Akamai Prolexic On-Prem. That means SmartWall ONE shows up among the Stars more than once, which I see as powerful validation of the platform’s capabilities and effectiveness.
Looking Ahead
Threats keep changing, and customer demands keep evolving with them. Our focus stays the same: scalable, precise, and easy-to-deploy protection that keeps services available in real-time.
This recognition is a proud moment for our team. But the real validation comes from the customers and partners who trust us to keep their networks online. Thank you for that trust.
Read the MarketsandMarkets DDoS Protection and Mitigation Market – Global Forecast to 2031 report.
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FAQ
It’s a Global Forecast to 2031 for the DDoS protection and mitigation market based on primary and secondary research. It includes a Company Evaluation Matrix that ranks key vendors on product footprint and market share.
Stars are the leading vendors MarketsandMarkets considers key players, with a wide product portfolio, strong market presence, and effective business strategies.
Corero was named a Star for the second consecutive year and moved further up and to the right within the Stars quadrant, recognized for its SmartWall ONE and CORE solutions.
