Cisco Earns Frost & Sullivan 2020 Global Leadership Award for Industrial IoT Cybersecurity

As industrial enterprises increasingly integrate IoT devices into their operations, safeguarding critical assets has become paramount. Cisco, a dominant force in both cybersecurity and industrial networking, is investing aggressively to merge these realms and secure Industry 4.0 deployments.

We’re proud to announce that Cisco has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity. Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards honor companies that spot emerging trends before they become industry standards and develop advanced technologies that transform markets.

Protecting industrial processes presents unique challenges. Operations cannot pause, and any interruption can pose serious human or environmental risks. Cyberattacks often masquerade as legitimate commands, and legacy automation hardware was never designed with security in mind. Many organizations lack even a clear inventory of the industrial devices connected to their networks.

IoT/OT security initiatives must first establish comprehensive visibility into industrial assets, their communication flows, and the processes they support. This visibility is the foundation for best‑practice controls such as network segmentation, and for detecting anomalous traffic that may signal a custom attack. With this context, security analysts can craft precise policies, investigate threats, and remediate incidents efficiently.

Cisco’s Cyber Vision, paired with its industrial networking portfolio, delivers the visibility needed to detect threats at scale across entire operations. Fully integrated with Cisco SecureX and the broader suite of Cisco security solutions, Frost & Sullivan recognizes our work in bridging OT and IT so customers can build a unified threat‑management strategy.

To help industrial organizations launch successful IoT projects, Cisco offers a step‑by‑step approach that includes OT/IT security consulting from Cisco CX, architecture guidelines, and deployment methodologies through Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs).

Samir Sakpal, Director of Consulting, ICT – Americas, Growth Consulting at Frost & Sullivan, states, “Cisco is uniquely positioned to excel in industrial IoT security. By combining Cyber Vision with our extensive industrial network equipment, cybersecurity tools, and OT security services, we deliver unmatched value.”

For full details on Cisco’s Global Leadership Award, read the complete Frost & Sullivan report here.