Research report on software data encryption market

UPDATE #1: I am definitely going to close the below project early, most likely Monday night my time (14 November 2022). Please don't leave your bids to the last minute. I will also give you a few tips for submitting your bids. First, I don't expect that anyone could sensibly do this job in one day, there is a lot to do and plenty of research reports to go through, so 5-7 days may be more realistic, particularly if you have some people helping you. Secondly, I will be going through your report very closely, I need this job done well. Your report will be shared with a lot of senior business people in Australia, so if you do a good job here, there is the possibility of further follow-on work. Finally, I will be looking for people that can demonstrate they have the required technical and research skills to do a good job here. Having good written skills is not enough. I'm just letting you know now in case any of you wish to revise your bids. Good luck! UPDATE #2: Quite a few people have asked me about the report length. What I have said to everyone is that my best guess is 8-10 pages of solid text *plus* graphs and tables to answer the questions. So it may be 20-30 pages in total including tables and graphs. The key though is to answer the questions in the project description. *************************** PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I need someone to prepare a report on the current market size, share, level of competition and forecast growth in the data software encryption market in Asia, Americas, Europe, Oceania and Africa regions by key segment. There is a lot of information available right now in research reports, but I don’t have time to collect it and analyse it, so I need someone to do the work for me. The Asian and North American markets are of particular interest to us which we need to get right, the other regions are less important but still need to be considered. The reason for the report is simple. We are considering whether to expand an existing data software encryption business into certain regions of the world. If so, how, and in what order? The report findings will feed into planning work that is being undertaken right now. The report should cover the following as a minimum. Please indicate the data sources used in the analysis: 1. Describe the key data encryption market segments by region. What is the approximate size and unique features of each segment? In doing this, please pay very close attention to those segments which involve encrypting data ‘at rest’ in the cloud and ‘platform as a service’ encryption services. 2. How is the data encryption market forecast to grow? Where are the main growth opportunities and why? What are the key market drivers and restraints? Are there any key technical or regulatory restrictions that need to be considered in these regions? Perform a Porter’s Five Forces analysis on the key market segments. 3. Who are the main players in the data encryption market? What is their market size in terms of revenue and market capitalisation? 4. Provide a list of merger and acquisition plus fundraising transactions involving data encryption companies over the last five years. What was the size of the acquired party in terms and revenue and employees, and what was their valuation on sale or merger or fundraise? 5. What are the complexities in effective management and usage of encryption keys? What is best practice plus new and innovative methods for key management in the market right now? Which are the most innovative and fast-growing data encryption companies in the market right now and why? What has been the key to their success? 6. Given that the data encryption company in question has limited resources at its disposal right now, what are the quickest and most cost-effective channels to market by region? Please be specific here and list channel names if possible. Note - the Asian and North American markets of most interest right now.