Corero upbeat on prospects in DDoS protection market

(Sharecast News) - Corero Network Security said in an update on Monday that 2025 marked a turning point in the distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection market, as a rise in more subtle and persistent attacks exposed weaknesses in traditional defences and reinforced demand for always-on, adaptive mitigation.

The AIM-traded company noted that even large technology providers experienced outages during the year, underlining how interconnected and vulnerable modern digital infrastructure has become.

Corero said many recent DDoS attacks were smaller in scale but persistent and designed to evade conventional detection thresholds, while others combined multiple vectors and encrypted traffic to degrade services over time and exhaust firewall resources.

Chief executive Carl Herberger said customers were increasingly reporting that legacy tools reacted too late, lacked visibility into encrypted traffic and struggled at the application layer, particularly when attacks were coordinated across multiple systems.

He said customer demand during the year had shaped Corero's product development, with a focus on greater visibility, protection within encrypted and application-layer traffic and faster, automated responses.

Corero also said feedback from customers highlighted areas for further development, including deeper application-layer controls, enhanced cloud-native integrations and simpler consumption across hybrid environments.

"We enter 2026 with a stronger platform, and a strategy sharpened by the realities of the past year," said Herberger.

"Our vision is clear - Corero becomes the operational resilience layer for modern networked environments."

At 1107 GMT, shares in Corero Network Security were up 4.71% at 10p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.