According to 360 Quadrant analysis, the following have been identified as the top 10 vendors in the Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Solutions

Top 10 Critical Infrastructure Protection Solutions-

1. Thales Group
2. Honeywell
3. BAE Systems
4. Raytheon Company
5. Gallagher Group
6. Tyco International Ltd
7. Robert Bosch Gmbh
8. Terma A/S
9. APC by Schneider Electric
10. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

Top Features of Critical Infrastructure Protection Solutions

Critical Infrastructure Protection Solutions is fundamentally the readiness for safeguarding a country’s critical infrastructure. Its government’s responsibility to protect these infrastructures from natural calamities, terrorist attacks, and cyber threats. Best features of Critical Infrastructure solutions are mentioned below:

1. Network Security
2. Physical Security
3. Radars
4. Scada Security
5. Secure Communication
6. Vehicle Identification Management
7. Building Management Systems
8. Access Control
9. Screening & Scanning
10. Video Surveillance

Top Startups

Emerging firms have offerings for niche products and services. Their business tactics aren't as powerful as the established companies. The evolving vendors include the new market entrants, beginning to emerge in terms of product portfolio and geographical coverage, and need time to gain strong market popularity. Some of the emerging new entrants are:

1. CyberX
2. SparkCognition
3. Tempered Networks
4. Indegy
5. Bayshore Networks
6. Ionic Security
7. EagleEye Intelligence
8. mPrest
9. ThetaRay
10. Senrio

What is Critical Infrastructure Protection Solutions?

Critical infrastructure refers to the various processes, services, technologies, network systems, assets, and amenities that are crucial to the safety, security, health, or economic well-being of a state. Governments and international organizations and even some of the private organizations are inclined toward providing protection to these key assets. Proper preparedness and response to the vulnerabilities in these infrastructures help protect a nation’s critical infrastructure. If the necessary precautionary procedures are neglected by the security agencies/safety organizations, thereby debilitating the critical infrastructure, the nation may have to bear serious consequences.

Competitive landscape analyzes the growth strategies adopted by the various key players in the Critical Infrastructure Protection Solutions. BAE Systems (Farnborough, UK), General Dynamics (Virginia, US), Honeywell (New Jersey, US), Lockheed Martin (Maryland, US), Northrop Grumman (Virginia, US), Raytheon (Massachusetts, US), Airbus (Leiden, Netherlands), Hexagon AB (Stockholm, Sweden), Johnson Controls (Cork, Republic of Ireland), Thales Group (La Defense, France), Teltronic (Zaragoza, Spain), and OptaSense (Farnborough, UK) are recognized as some of the top players in the CIP market. This chapter also includes the MicroQuadrant, which provides information about the 25 major players who offer CIP systems, solutions, and services. The vendor evaluations are based on 2 broad categories: Strength of Product Portfolio and Business Strategy Excellence. Each category carries various criteria based on which the vendors have been evaluated. The evaluation criteria considered under strength of product portfolio include breadth and depth of product offering, product feature and functionality, product differentiation and impact on customer value, and product branding. The evaluation criteria considered under business strategy excellence include effectiveness of organic growth strategy, breadth of applications served, geographic footprint, and merger and acquisition strategy. The products offered by these top players are loaded with many features and capabilities. Additionally, these players have adopted various business strategies to maintain a leading position in the CIP market.

Vendors who fall in this category generally receive high scores for most of the evaluation criteria. They have strong and established product portfolios and a very strong market presence. They provide mature and reputable CIP systems, solutions, and services. They also have strong business strategies. Honeywell, Thales Group, BAE Systems, Raytheon, Johnson Controls, and Gallagher are the vendors who fall into the visionary leaders category in the MicroQuadrant.

They are established vendors with very strong business strategies. However, they are low in product portfolio. They generally focus on a specific type of technology related to the product. Bosch Security Systems, Airbus, General Dynamics, Genetec, Huawei, and Hexagon AB are the vendors who fall into this category.

Innovators in the MicroQuadrant are the vendors who have demonstrated substantial product innovations as compared to their competitors. They have a very focused product portfolio. However, they do not have very strong growth strategies for their overall business. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, CNL Software, Terma A/S, OptaSense, and Textron Systems are the vendors who fall into the innovators category.

They are vendors with niche product offerings and are starting to gain their position in the market. They do not have very strong business strategies as compared to other established vendors. They might be new entrants in the market and require some more time before getting significant traction. Motorola Solutions, Barco, Teltronic, Restrata, Avigilon, APC by Schneider Electric, Mistral Solutions, DEA Security, and Advent Systems are the vendors who fall into this category.