Report by Aryaka

The State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services

10 FINDINGSPublished Aug 13, 2025
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Key Findings

46% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified managing too many vendors/support contracts as a top networking and security challenge.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking

58% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified managing remote user access and latency as a top networking and security challenge.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking

66% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified securing SaaS and public cloud apps as a top networking and security challenge.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking

44% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry are planning to adopt Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions in the next 12 months

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesSASE

48% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified simplifying operations and reducing IT burden as their top strategic networking and security priority.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking

68% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified gaining network and security observability as their top strategic networking and security priority.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking

54% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified operating with limited internal IT staff as a top networking and security challenge.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking

Only 38% of business services leaders view edge security as "mission-critical".

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesEdge security

43% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified gaps in performance and threat visibility as a top networking and security challenge.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking

72% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified improving application and SaaS performance as their top strategic networking and security priority.

AryakaThe State of Network Security in Business and Professional Services·Aug 13, 2025
Business servicesProfessional servicesNetworking