The IT security industry does not consolidate and will not until threat actors give up and go home. McAfee acquires Foundstone and Symantec acquires hundreds of startups constant percolation. The United States has over half of all security vendors at 827. California is the overwhelming leader in cybersecurity with 324 vendors, most in the Bay Area. Washington DC is the second major concentration of vendors in the US. Virginia (60), Maryland (27), and DC (4) have 91 vendors.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3043997/the-it-security-industry-is-not-consolidating.html