Industry Performance Review 2025: SecurityTech Leaders Report Resilient Growth

In 2025, the global security technology, authentication, and secure printing sectors continued to evolve despite economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges. The industry players reported growth, highlighting the convergence of traditional security printing with digital security infrastructure and intelligent authentication technologies.

• Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) delivered strong sector performance, further establishing itself as a comprehensive SecurityTech provider. The company achieved a record order intake of €3.6 billion, up 8% from the previous year, and revenue reached €3.2 billion (+1%). Adjusted EBIT rose 13% to €211 million.

Key milestones included securing the leading contractor role in the European Central Bank’s framework agreement for offline payments in the planned digital euro ecosystem and launching a partnership with Amazon Web Services to enhance global eSIM security. G+D also expanded through acquisitions, adding a US-based digital identity specialist, Xtec and Bank-Verlag’s payments division to its portfolio.