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Gartner® Hype Cycle for Cyber-Physical Systems Security, 2024
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Between 2022 and 2024, reported incidents in critical infrastructure rose 668%, according to the European Repository of Cyber Incidents.
Digital transformation has boosted 7/24/356 industrial output and made it much easier to manage operations beyond the physical plant floor.
But this intersection is not without risks. Ransomware. Pre-positioning. Hacktivism. Medical device tampering. Gartner describes the risk this way:
“Because cyber-physical systems underpin production and mission-critical workloads, cyberattacks on them can lead to loss of visibility or loss of control of physical processes. These outcomes, in turn, can have devastating impacts on revenue, environmental conditions or human safety.”1
As the attack surface widens across asset types and AI, vulnerabilities are fair game to financially motivated criminal groups and state-sponsored actors.
To minimize events and reduce risk, the 2024 Gartner Hype Cycle for Cyber-Physical Systems Security is a must-read for cybersecurity professionals who seek a wider lens on this emerging space.
Use the Hype Cycle to make smart long-term technology decisions and to better understand how to:
- Prioritize strategic investments that “help secure connected assets in production or mission-critical environments outside of enterprise IT”1
- Better understand the value of leading with an asset-centric view of security and the value of network topology visibility
- Recognize how CPS Protection Platforms are becoming core to CPS security
- Develop a shortlist of CPS Protection Platform vendors for your long-term planning
“To reduce these cyber risks, organizations need to know what CPS assets they have, how they communicate, what exploitable vulnerabilities they have and what steps to take to protect them.”1
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1 Gartner Hype Cycle for Cyber-Physical Systems Security, 2024, Wam Voster, Katell Thielemann, 19 July 2024.