IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Protection and Governance Services 2025 Vendor Assessment

This IDC MarketScape study represents a vendor assessment of the Worldwide Data Protection and Governance services market using the IDC MarketScape model. This excerpt is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the characteristics that explain a vendor’s success in the marketplace and help anticipate its ascendancy. This is the first time the IDC MarketScape has assessed this market globally and Deloitte is recognized as a Leader. 

For the purposes of this analysis, IDC divided potential key measures for success into two primary categories: capabilities and strategies. This IDC MarketScape assessment of 16 global providers and five emerging vendors in the Vendors to Watch section reveals a market fundamentally shifting from a siloed, compliance-focused approach to integrated and AI-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,” said Emily Mossburg, Deloitte Global Cyber leader.

The IDC MarketScape noted, “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.” 

“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,” said Sean Peasley, Deloitte Global Cyber Enterprise Security leader.

The report also highlighted how “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 ....’”

“In IDC's Data Protection and Governance Services Survey, Deloitte received very strong customer ratings across many areas like data classification, building data governance frameworks, insider risk management, and assisting in C-suite/the board reporting.”

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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 analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT 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.