Leading information security companies in Russia 2019, by revenue

Moscow-headquartered Kaspersky Lab had a revenue of over 44.3 billion Russian rubles worldwide in 2019. Thus, it was the highest earning Russian company developing information security products. Citadel company group and Softline ranked second and third by annual sales, at approximately 21.6 billion Russian rubles and 17.5 billion Russian rubles, respectively.

Security software market in Russia

According to Statista Technology Market Outlook, companies producing security software in Russia generated nearly 234 million U.S. dollars in revenue in 2020. The market includes products to protect networks and computers from viruses and other threats. In 2021, it was forecast to grow by over 24 percent compared to the previous year. In the following five years, the market size would increase to over 407 million U.S. dollars.

Global infosec market leaders

Cisco and Palo Alto Networks were the leading cyber security vendors worldwide in the first three months of 2020. Symantec Corporation was the global market leader among anti-malware software brands for Windows, while Trend Micro accounted for the highest revenue share in cloud security. Products of these companies were present on the Russian market, despite the country’s import substitution strategy in the software industry.