To many in the industry, it is obvious that, IT-based cybersecurity henceforth requires an adapted, operational technology (OT)-centric approach.
Among Powerful dynamics fueling the Cybersecurity
Technologies for Industrial Control Systems market, one can then observe that:
New cybersecurity operational technologies are emerging to
protect industrial control systems against impending IT threats and attacks.
The connectivity of traditionally closed industrial settings
represents a new threat vector for cyberattacks.
Current cybersecurity methods seem not enough to keep
industrial control systems safe.
Industrial control system (ICS) vendors will need to redesign next-generation control
systems with digital security in mind. cybersecurity vendors need to create new
product solutions for operational technology (OT) settings, as existing
IT-based cybersecurity is not easily configurable.
There is a chance that security costs and elevated risks
associated with connecting ICS are too high for some industrial operators.
Security companies need to recognize OT as its own market that
requires new solutions and new research and development investment.
Industrial operators need to reconcile security differences in IT
and OT management, converge security training and education.
ABI Research indicates that demand will focus on network
level security in the short term but eventually shift to place the significance
on embedded security and lifecycle management.