In the new digital economy, data – and what you do with that data – is the key to success. Consumers and employees alike now demand instant access to critical information that allows them to solve problems, make informed decisions, or conduct transactions. But that’s just the part of the data equation most of us can see. To effectively compete in today’s digital market, and capitalize on the data being collected and processed, organizations need to be able to respond quickly to market shifts and consumer demands, fine tune production, realign resources, and manage infrastructure. Which is why nearly three-fourths of all organizations have begun to converge their information technology (IT) infrastructure with their traditionally isolated operational technology (OT) networks.

1. FORRESTER RESEARCH
ON OT CYBERSECURITY
www.fortinet.com
CONVERGENCE OF OT AND IT IS HAPPENING-
AND OPENING UP OT SYSTEMSTO IT-STYLE CYBER ATTACKS!1
SECURITY BREACHES HAVE INCREASED INTHE PASTYEAR1
OVER 90% HAVE SEEN SOME LEVEL OF IMPACT FROM A SECURITY BREACHTO
THEIR SCADA/ICS1
OF DEVICES CAN EXECUTE
SECOND ORDER ACTIONS
AND CONTROL OVER
SMART DEVICES
USE OF CLOUD IN ICS SOLUTIONS AND
INABILITYTO IDENTIFY OR ACT ON RISK.1
1: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Fortinet, January 2018
17% OF DEVICES ARE“AWARE”
OFTHEIR SURROUNDINGS
AND CAN ACT UPON
COLLECTED DATA
24% HAVE BASIC DATA COLLECTION SENSORS,
FEEDINGTHAT DATATO A CENTRAL DATA
STORAGE SYSTEM
AND NOTTO EACH OTHER
35%
HASTHE SCADA/ICS ATYOUR ORGANIZATION
EXPERIENCED A SECURITY BREACH?1
HAVE EXPERIENCED A BREACH IN LASTYEAR, AND ALMOST 90%
KNOWTHEY HAVE BEEN BREACHED!
56%
BIG NEWS!
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
OT NETWORKS COMPLETELY OPENTO OUTSIDEVENDORS
THIRD PARTIES RESPONSIBLE
FOR ORGANIZATION’S IT
FUNCTIONS
17%
COMPLETE ACCESSWITH NO
RESTRICTIONS PROVIDEDTO:
BUSINESS PARTNERS
21%
16% OF FIRMS OUTSOURCE AT LEAST SOME
FUNCTION OFTHEIR ORGANIZATION’S
SCADA/ICS
56%
SECURITY BREACH
BETWEEN 6 MONTHSTO
LESSTHAN 12 MONTHS
AGO
30%
38%
SECURITY BREACH
BETWEEN 1YEARTO
LESSTHAN 2YEARS
AGO
19%
21%
20182016
ANDTHE BREACHING
IS GETTINGWORSE!
54
%
AT LEAST
HAVE SEEN A HIGH/CRITICAL IMPACT ON A RANGE OF AREAS FROM ABILITYTO
MEET COMPLIANCE AND DECREASED FUNCTIONALITYTO EMPLOYEE SAFETY
IoT IS A GROWINGTREND IN OT SPACESWITH
LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEVICES SHOWING
UP ONTHE NETWORK.1
ON AVERAGE, FIRMS
HAVE
4.7 TECH CONNECTEDTO
THEIR NETWORK
100 % HAVE IoTTECHNOLOGIES
CONNECTEDTOTHEIR ORG’S
NETWORK
FORTINET IS KNOWN AS A LEADING
VENDOR OF OT SOLUTIONS1
VENDORS KNOWN FOR OT CYBER SECURITY SOLUTIONS
FORTINET
GE
25%
23%
22%
20%
CYBERX
HONEYWELL-NEXTNINE
IBM PAS
AND ARETAKING CONCRETE STEPSTO IMPLEMENT
OR IMPROVE SECURITY ON A NUMBER OF ATTACK POINTS.
WHILE OT SECURITY IS A PROBLEM...
OT OPERATORS
ARE AWARE OF IT
19%
31%
HOW DOYOU EXPECTYOUR ORGANIZATION’S SCADA/ICS SECURITY
WILL SPEND INTHE FOLLOWING AREASTO CHANGE FROM 2016TO
27%
11%REMAINTHE SAME
INCREASE BY LESSTHAN
5%
INCREASE BETWEEN 5%
and 10%
INCREASE BY MORE
THAN 10%
77%INCREASE