ARC Advisory Group has just completed fresh market analysis research on Industrial Cybersecurity Anomaly and Breach Detection Solutions. This ARC Advisory Group research report provides a concise analysis of the industrial cybersecurity market for anomaly and breach detection solutions. It includes quantitative information on market size and growth across various regions, industries, and product categories. It also includes qualitative discussions of market drivers/inhibitors and the positioning of the many suppliers offering anomaly and breach detection solutions for industrial cybersecurity.
Anomaly and breach detection solutions include a range of products for monitoring plant networks and endpoint assets. This is a distinct segment of the overall anomaly and detection solutions market, distinguished by features that address the unique network messages and controllers used in the automation systems that control critical industrial assets and infrastructure. Products in this market segment are also distinguished by the actions that are taken when suspicious situations are detected.
Suppliers in this market primarily sell anomaly and breach detection solutions directly to end users that already have basic cybersecurity defenses. These products enhance plant and SCADA system security through the detection of latent compromises and attacks that have evaded network security and endpoint defenses. Market participation requires cybersecurity and industrial control system expertise, to ensure that these goals are achieved in a way that respects unique industrial control systems constraints.
ARC considers this market to be in the emerging stage. While some early-adopter, industrial organizations have already implemented anomaly and breach detection solutions, lack of cybersecurity maturity and expertise has limited broad adoption. But interest in such solutions is clearly growing. The sophistication of cyber attacks and vulnerabilities are incredibly dynamic, driving an ongoing need for more sophisticated tools and services. Successful attacks on large, cyber-sophisticated organizations have also demonstrated the limitations of proactive efforts to block intrusions and the importance of reactive strategies to minimize impact. Early detection of unauthorized changes in endpoint devices and abnormal network messages is fundamental to these efforts.
Governmental actions like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and regulatory developments like NERC CIP version 5 add urgency to these investments. Reports suggesting that certain nations are actively supporting cyber-espionage and cyber attacks on infrastructure are likewise having an impact, causing companies to review and strengthen cybersecurity and business continuity strategies. Major cyber attacks, like the recent one against the Ukrainian power system, have also increased recognition of the prevalence of latent malware, like Black Energy, in industrial systems. While latent malware did not cause that system blackout, researchers believe that it may have hindered restoration and remediation efforts.
ARC Industrial Cybersecurity Research
ARC Advisory Group has been providing market research on the industrial cybersecurity market for many years. Prior reports discussed the overall market opportunities on a regional and industry basis. This report is part of a new series of ARC Advisory Group market analysis reports on individual segments of the overall industrial cybersecurity market. This series addresses each of the five major markets for products and services used in the protection of industrial plants and critical infrastructure:
• Network Security Solutions
• Endpoint Protection Solutions
• Industrial Cybersecurity Management Solutions
• Intrusion and Breach Detection Solutions
• Industrial Cybersecurity Services
Each report provides quantitative and qualitative information about the current and future market opportunities. Quantitative information includes market size and growth across various regions, industries and product categories. Qualitative information includes a review of noteworthy suppliers and their role in the market. These reports all leverage ARC’s extensive, worldwide knowledge base of information on automation markets, industry requirements, and developments that are driving/inhibiting cybersecurity concerns.
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