360Quadrants powered by MarketsandMarkets™, the
world’s only comparison platform that combines expert analysis with
crowdsourced insights has released a quadrant on Industrial Control Systems Security Solutions to help businesses make quicker and
more informed decisions. The first release of the quadrant has Kaspersky Lab,
Schneider Electric, and Symantec sharing space as Innovators. 360Quadrants are
generated post analysis of companies (product portfolios and business
strategy). Quadrants will be updated every three months, and the position of
vendors will reflect how buyers, industry experts, and other vendors rate them
on different parameters
Industrial
Control Systems Security Solutions Quadrant Highlights
360Quadrants states, Industrial
Control Systems Security (ICS security) as the ability of organizations to
secure their automation processes and related critical information from cyber
intrusions for uninterrupted and sustained productivity of utilities, grids,
transportation systems, and manufacturing plants. 360Quadrants covers 100+ companies
in the Industrial Control Systems Security (ICS security) space and places the
top 50 of them in a quadrant depending on their quality, reliability, and
business outcome. These 50 companies are categorized into Visionary Leaders,
Dynamic Differentiators, Emerging Companies, and Innovators.
360Quadrants
recognizes ABB, Belden, Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco Systems,
Fortinet, GE, Honeywell, McAfee, and Siemens as Visionary Leaders; Kaspersky Lab, Bayshore Networks, Indegy, Nozomi
Networks, Schneider Electric, and Symantec as Innovators; FireEye, IBM, Raytheon, Rockwell Automation, and Trend Micro as Dynamic
Differentiators; and BAE Systems, Carbon Black, CyberArk, Claroty,
and SecurityMatters as Emerging Players.
The 360Quadrants platform provides the most granular Industrial Control Systems Security (ICS
security) between vendors.
Methodology
The methodology used to rank Industrial Control Systems Security (ICS
security)
involved the use of extensive secondary research to identify key vendors by
referring to annual reports, press releases, investor
presentations, white papers, and various related directories and databases. 34
key vendors were shortlisted on the basis of their breadth of product
offerings, organization size, and other criteria. The scores and weights for shortlisted vendors against each
parameter were finalized post research. After
the ratings were finalized, each vendor was placed in respective
quadrants based on their score in the product offering and business strategy
parameters.
About Industrial
Control Systems Security (ICS security)
Industrial Control Systems encompass different
types of control systems that are employed in industry operations. From a
central control room, critical industrial infrastructures are remotely managed through
the use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLC), and Distributed Control System (DCS). Today, ensuring the security
of these systems is a major concern, especially due to advanced persistent
threats such as Havex RAT and Stuxnet. These threats are highly sophisticated
and severe in nature, giving different security solution providers an incentive
to customize their offerings as per industry demands. Major sectors making use
of ICS security include the energy & utilities, power, manufacturing, and transportation
& logistics industries. Through the use of ICS security, electricity and
power companies are able to meet challenges arising from aging grid
infrastructure, ensure that the balance between power generation and production
is maintained, monitor operations of the power system, and provide a swift, efficient
way to restore services after any interruptions. Providing cybersecurity for
manufacturing and control systems means providing security
against physical attacks and cyberattacks that could take place on computer
systems as well as their support systems.
