The Global Cyber Skills Benchmark 2025: MSSPs

This year’s Global Cyber Skills Benchmark brought together over 4,500 professionals and 795+ corporate teams to test their capabilities across real-world attack simulations.

For MSSPs, the data paints a clear picture: strong in detection and monitoring, but with prevention and adversary emulation still trailing behind.

The MSSP Deep Dive Report examines how service providers measure up, with insights mapped to MITRE ATT&CK tactics, sector-specific demands, and emerging trends like AI-driven scaling, industry-focused capability pods, and CTEM adoption.

Whether you’re delivering managed services today or building tomorrow’s MSSP strategy, this report gives you the insights needed to differentiate, strengthen client resilience, and reduce real-world exposure.

What you’ll learn about:

• Strengths in MSSPs: Above-average performance in OSINT (64.5%), Forensics (62.8%), and Cloud Security (37.6%) underscores strong detection and monitoring capabilities.
• Critical gaps: Weaknesses in Secure Coding (~20%), Web Security (~20%), and Pwn (9.8%) limit prevention and adversary emulation.
• Industry-specific demands: Why MSSPs need sector-aligned pods to meet unique client needs across finance, energy, retail, and healthcare.
• AI and automation: How AI adoption can scale services efficiently—while introducing risks if coding gaps persist.