Security leaders across Asia/Pacific are being asked to do more than watch alerts. Boards and regulators want proof that the organization can withstand an attack, contain it fast and recover with minimal disruption. That shift, from managed security to cyber resilience, is reshaping what organizations need from a security partner.
It's also the backdrop for the newly published IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and China) Managed Security Services 2026 Vendor Assessment, in which LevelBlue is named a Major Player. Here's what the research tells us about the market, and why we think it matters for your security strategy.
The market: hybrid, regulated and short on talent
IDC's research paints a clear picture of how organizations across the region run security today. According to IDC's 2025 Asia/Pacific Security Survey, cited in the report:
- 69.9% of organizations in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan and China) describe their security operating model as a hybrid of internal teams and external partners. Only 11.3% are fully in-house.
- MSS/MDR is the second most frequently cited top-three security spending priority, at 33.3%.
- When deciding whether to build, partner or outsource, buyers rank the availability of skilled talent (64.1%) and alignment with regulatory or compliance requirements (61.2%) as the two most important factors.
In other words, most organizations aren't choosing between doing it themselves and handing everything off. They want a partner that extends their team, fills skills gaps, and helps them meet a growing list of local regulatory obligations.
What IDC MarketScape said about LevelBlue
IDC MarketScape evaluated 23 providers on their current capabilities and future strategy. The report noted, “Managed security specialists (i.e., LevelBlue, Orange Cyberdefense, SISA Information Security [SISA], and Inspira Enterprise) start from threat intelligence, incident response, and detection engineering, with proprietary platforms and deep security tradecraft, although their portfolio breadth beyond managed detection and response (MDR) and regional scale vary.”
According to the report, “Clients value LevelBlue for its tailored delivery at scale, Microsoft expertise, and support for existing multivendor environments.” The IDC MarketScape also noted that “Sovereign delivery remains a key regional strength of LevelBlue.”
Four things that matter for cyber resilience
We see four themes in IDC MarketScape's assessment that we believe line up with what our clients are asking for.
- Resilience across the full lifecycle. Cyber resilience means being able to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from threats. LevelBlue brings together MXDR, co-managed SOC, exposure management, cloud and network security, identity protection, and incident readiness and response, so customers can manage cyber risk end to end rather than stitching together point services.
- Intelligence that focuses effort where it counts. The IDC MarketScape notes that “Threat intelligence and exploitability-based exposure prioritization are additional strengths.” Our SpiderLabs team of more than 1,000 security professionals turns frontline incident response and research into detections and guidance that help customers act on the threats most likely to affect their business.
- Sovereign-by-design delivery. In many markets, data residency and local control are no longer nice-to-haves. The IDC MarketScape describes “Its vertical fit is weighted toward regulated industries, led by BFSI, followed by critical infrastructure, government, and technology, with a substantial share of the base in regulated verticals overall. This makes LevelBlue a natural short list in which Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act, Essential Eight, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Technology Risk Management (TRM), or data residency obligations are in play and ©2026 IDC #AP54132726e 14 sovereignty has become a procurement gate rather than a preference, supported by a live Australian platform instance, an Australia- and U.S.-only analyst option, and a comanaged model keeping data in the client's own tenant.” Our “Five Eyes” delivery model and the local SOC in Sydney, live since August 2026, are built for exactly those requirements.
- Simplification without lock-in. Most organizations have already invested heavily in security tools. LevelBlue's vendor-agnostic approach, anchored on the Indigo Security Operations Platform, helps customers consolidate operations and get more from what they already own. The report noted, “Flexible retainers allow unused DFIR hours to support other initiatives, whereas the Response Authorization Protocol enables pre-authorized containment by asset without removing client control. Sovereign delivery remains a key regional strength of LevelBlue.” Choosing a partner, not a tool operator
The right partner for your organization depends on your size, your industry, the countries you operate in and the regulations you answer to.
If you're looking for measurable risk reduction, simpler operations and a security partner that adapts to your environment rather than the other way around, we'd welcome the conversation.
Download a complimentary excerpt of the IDC MarketScape report.
Source: “IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and China) Managed Security Services 2026 Vendor Assessment,” October 2026, doc #AP54132726.
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles. Vendor year-over-year growth rate relative to the given market is indicated by a plus, neutral or minus next to the vendor name.
