360Quadrants, the world’s only comparison platform that combines expert analysis with crowdsourced reviews, has released a quadrant on industrial control systems security solutions to help businesses make quicker and more informed decisions.
Industrial Control Systems Security (ICS security) is defined 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. Industrial control systems cover various types of control systems such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Distributed Control System (DCS), and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) to remotely manage critical industrial infrastructure from a central control room. Securing systems from advanced persistent threats is prompting various security solution providers to customize their offerings according to industry demand.
For this quadrant, the components of industrial control systems security are mainly segmented into solution, service, type, security type, and vertical.
FDT Group has been identified as an Emerging Company in the industrial control systems security solutions space given its extensive product features, high product quality, reliability, suitable channel strategy, and wide geographical footprint. 360Quadrants also lists competitors of FDT Group in the industrial control systems security solutions space.
Industrial control systems security solution offerings from FDT Group aims to deliver valuable insights and intelligence from data. The company has an established product portfolio with a robust market presence and business strategy. Some of the major developments of the company in the industrial control systems security solutions space include:
FDT Group introduced tools to support FDT 2.1 specification
FDT Group unveiled Common Components, a set of updated developer tools that supports the latest FDT 2.1 standard. These tools help simplify FDT/DTM™ and FDT/FRAME™ development in agreement with the FDT 2.1 specification as well as enhance the interoperability and marketing time. Common Components can be integrated with engineering and asset management applications. These tools also enable automation vendors to increase the development of next-generation products and solutions.
FDT 2.0 Technology is adopted by the ISA as a North American Standard
FDT Group announced that the International Society of Automation adopted FDT 2.0 technology as a North American standard. It will help promote the implementation of automation solutions and enhance the application and integration of varied field buses and devices. The FDT 2.0 standard involves an architecture based on Microsoft .NET technology, and it addresses market requirements in the American market.
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