Cloud Range Recognized in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Cyber-Physical Systems Security, 2024
Cloud Range Recognized in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Cyber-Physical Systems Security, 2024
Cloud Range, the industry’s leading cyber range and simulation platform that reduces the time it takes to detect and respond to cyber attacks, has been recognized in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Cyber-Physical Systems Security, 2024 report.
What Are Cyber-Physical Systems?
The report states, “Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are engineered systems that orchestrate sensing, computation, control, networking and analytics to interact with the physical world (including humans). CPS connect the digital and physical worlds.
They can come in many forms, including:
Industrial control systems (ICS)
Operational technology (OT) devices
Internet of Things (IoT)
The industrial IoT (IIoT)
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
Robotic and autonomous systems
As CPS connect to each other and to enterprise systems, they greatly expand the attack surface along a bidirectional cyber-physical continuum.”
As defined by the report,
“This Hype Cycle describes the concepts, methods, processes and technology solutions that organizations can use to their business operations’ specific systems outside the scope of traditional IT and reduce the risk of interruption to core business or mission-critical processes — or even critical infrastructure at the societal scale.”
Cloud Range was included as a Sample Vendor for the CPS Security Services technology market, which as per the Gartner report, has a high Benefit and falls under 5-10 years to Mainstream Adoption.
What Are Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Security Services?
CPS security services encompass a variety of security solutions that assist with training programs, architecture design, vulnerability assessments, monitoring, incident response and remediation, policies, and more.
These services are crucial in industries with limited skilled security resources, providing security leaders and their organizations the flexibility to gain needed expertise, understand their security posture, address vulnerabilities, and train their teams with tailored services suited to their specific security needs.
For example, the report mentions one driver as
“Lack of skilled resources — CPS security skills are unique because they require a blend of traditional cybersecurity knowledge and specific (often even industry-level) operational and engineering knowledge.”
Live-Fire Simulation Training for Cyber-Physical Systems Security
Cloud Range for Critical Infrastructure is the industry’s first-of-its-kind full-service cyber range simulation training environment for operational technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Both OT/ICS and information technology (IT) incident response (IR) and security operations (SOC) teams can proactively train and prepare through Cloud Range’s dynamic, live-fire OT/ICS, OT/IoT, and IT/OT incident response and security operations simulation exercises.
The Vital Need for Hands-On Experiential Training
Cyber threats increasingly target devices and systems that control industrial operations, and the consequences of an OT system breach can be far more severe than those of an IT-related one.
It’s crucial for organizations to expand their cybersecurity focus beyond just data protection to include cyber safety wholesale, including cyber-physical systems and the safeguarding of human lives.
With the heightened risk to critical infrastructure and a shortage of skilled cyber professionals, traditional training and certifications for IT and ICS/OT teams are no longer sufficient.
Organizations must invest in dynamic, hands-on, experiential training programs that simulate actual adversary tactics to protect both their data and their people effectively.
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Additional Information: Cloud Range for Critical Infrastructure
Cloud Range for Critical Infrastructure simulates realistic cyber attacks, allowing cyber defenders to experience and understand threats before they occur, preparing them to detect, investigate, remediate, and defend against real attacks.
The attack simulations align with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and other industry-standard frameworks, helping teams grasp the specific tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) adversaries use.
This immersive, live-fire cyber range environment equips incident response and security teams of cyber-physical systems with the expertise, judgment, skills, and muscle memory they need to be ready for actual attacks.
Cloud Range training missions are guided by expert Attackmasters, who provide real-time guidance and counsel to teams throughout the simulations. They also score and evaluate participants individually and the team as a whole on technical and soft skills.
Security leaders benefit from performance metrics, detailed analyses, and individually tailored training plans based on exercise outcomes.
Alongside SCADA systems, workstations, software, and virtualized physical technologies, Cloud Range OT segments feature network intrusion detection systems (IDS), human-machine interfaces (HMI), and programmable logic controllers (PLC).
The OT cyber range integrates fully licensed, industry-leading cybersecurity technologies and OT network visibility and monitoring systems like Dragos, Nozomi, and Claroty.
Cloud Range’s cyber range can also accommodate hardware in the loop, connecting the range environment to a lab network. This enables the simulated cyber attack to show end users the physical effects on PLCs and configuration changes.
Cloud Range allows organizations to maximize their technology investments while enabling security teams to train in a realistic network environment with the tools they use every day.
This comprehensive, live-fire OT cybersecurity simulation, exclusively offered by Cloud Range, enhances the technical proficiency, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills of SOC and IR teams.
It equips cyber teams from both IT and OT backgrounds to detect and respond to cyber incidents in industrial settings, ensuring the protection of critical cyber-physical systems and operations.
Gartner, Hype Cycle for Cyber-Physical Systems Security, 2024, by Wam Voster, Katell Thielemann, 19 July, 2024. Gartner and Hype Cycle are a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.