ICS Security Must Evolve to Address Global Challenges
This research addresses the market for Industrial Control System (ICS) Cyber Security Solutions. The security of systems in plants, factories, and other such facilities is considered. ICS cyber security solutions are comprised of several off-the-shelf components, such as firewalls, antivirus software, and various services.
Businesses have been working to secure their ICSs for many years. However, new global risks and requirements cause users to re-examine their security situation and consider increasing their investments.
Some industries have higher risks than others and will lead in the development of better cyber security strategies.
Even though ICS cyber security is gaining increased general visibility, not everyone sees ICS cyber risks as extremely important, and in fact, this is part of the risk equation.
Many businesses still will not give ICS cyber security an appropriate level of attention until they experience a significant and expensive incident.
The common habit of businesses and government of keeping cyber security a secret certainly does not help. It is clear that we need more quantitative research in this area and this study was conducted for that purpose.
Strategic Issues
ICS cyber security solutions are different than corporate IT solutions, and are assembled by ICS suppliers, systems integrators, and end users themselves. This makes solutions difficult to understand and makes it difficult to set investment levels. Beyond market size estimates, key items researched are:
- How are ICS suppliers organized to address cyber security?
- What do the ICS security specialist suppliers offer?
- How do leading ICS suppliers approach security patch management?
- What security technologies are being used now and which ones are likely to be deployed with ICS?
