Deloitte is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Protection and Governance Services

NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1 December 2025 – Deloitte has been named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Protection and Governance Services  (Doc #US52973625, October 2025). We believe this recognition reflects how Deloitte’s data protection and governance services portfolio extends from high-level advisory engagements to solution implementation and ongoing operations management.

This IDC MarketScape assessment of 16 global providers and 5 emerging vendors in the Vendors to Watch section reveals a market fundamentally shifting from a siloed, compliance-focused approach to integrated and Artificial Intelligence-fused data protection and governance functions.

“Our clients are facing unprecedented change driven by rapid adoption of artificial intelligence and increased regulatory complexity. We believe Deloitte’s recognition by IDC is a testament to our ability to deliver outcomes that strategically safeguard data while transforming our clients’ businesses for the future,” says Emily Mossburg, Deloitte Global Cyber leader.

According to the IDC MarketScape, Deloitte was recognized for its:

• Global scale and client centricity: “With over 40,000 practitioners around the globe, Deloitte delivers coverage across every major geography (i.e.,150 countries). This scale is backed by decades of industry experience and institutional knowledge. Its consult-to-operate capability streamlines vendor management and delivers continuity throughout the client's transformation journey. According to client feedback, ‘Deloitte knows our business very well,’ ‘Deloitte helped us with all parts of our data protection program from inception to operationalization,’ and ‘They were able to help us creatively innovate and work within the budgets....’"
• Leadership in AI adoption and transformation: “Deloitte's sustained investment in AI and analytics distinguishes its approach to data governance and protection. It leverages agentic AI specifically to enable service delivery, using AI investment to make use of the ‘plethora of data’ to strengthen clients' data security posture, derive risk intelligence, and execute risk profiling at scale.”
• Proven alliance leadership: “Deloitte maintains premier partnerships across the technology ecosystem, achieving recognition as partner of the year across multiple alliances (e.g., AWS Premier Partner with over 24 competencies, Google Cloud's four-time Global Services Partner). Unique relationships like maintaining dedicated vendor sandbox environments provide clients with early access to innovations and accelerated deployment capabilities.”
• Proprietary intellectual property (IP) and accelerators: “Deloitte's IP portfolio includes the Data Risk Rapid Diagnostic methodology, data migration tools, consent preference management accelerators, and many more.” 

“The global reach and experience of our data protection and governance team uniquely positions us to help clients through new dimesons of risk and opportunity. This longstanding global collaboration equips us to deliver innovative solutions and consistent, high-quality outcomes,” says Sean Peasley, Deloitte Global Cyber Enterprise Security leader.

About IDC MarketScape

The insights provided are part of the IDC MarketScape Excerpt, which is an extraction from the original IDC MarketScape assessment. Per IDC policy, only the Vendor Summary Profile for the purchasing vendor will be included in a given IDC MarketScape Excerpt. To gain access to the profiles for all suppliers included in the assessment, contact IDC.

IDC MarketScape vendor assessment 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. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.