IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment

We are proud to announce that Google is positioned in the Leaders Category in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment. We believe the recognition of Google as a Leader underscores our unwavering commitment to always-on security.

Google accelerates state and local governments' resilience and transformation with our secure, AI-optimized infrastructure and Mandiant frontline expertise. The IDC MarketScape states: "Mandiant increasingly integrates Google's Gemini Al to enhance consultant productivity, enabling faster analysis of attacker scripts, automated generation of detection rules, and accelerated incident investigation workflows." This allows us to bring current adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) directly into security assessments and readiness planning for state and local governments.

Download the excerpt to learn more about Google’s security capabilities for U.S. state and local government.

SOURCE: “IDC MarketScape: U.S. State and Local Government Professional Security Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment” by Ruthbea Yesner, Alison Brooks, Ph.D., Massimiliano Claps, Matthew Leger, Alan Webber, December 2025, IDC #US53891025.

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and 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 supplier’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures supplier product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of supplier strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Supplier market share is represented by the size of the icons.