Information Technology: The Curtain of Change Begins The information security industry has ushered in a new era of specialized protection

The importance of information security of industrial control system is highlighted. There are many industrial control systems connected and the external integration is deep. The global number of industrial control systems connected has reached 137564, with the United States, Germany and China ranking the top three, with 50795, 12542 and 8345 respectively. Important infrastructure such as energy has become a new target of high-level cyber attacks. The number of global industrial control security incidents has shown a steady increase, with a total of 295 incidents in 2015 and 197 in 2012.
Major events including Mirai have occurred in recent years, and industrial control security attacks show the following characteristics:
The object of network attack threat is not only the security of virtual assets. By changing the key parameters of industrial control system to affect the operation status, it can cause substantial damage to industrial production and other processes in the real world, and damage the security of physical assets.
With the deepening of the integration of industrial control system and Internet space, a new threat mode based on the office information system has emerged, and the complexity of attack means has significantly deepened, bringing challenges to protection.
Industrial control security is in its infancy in China. In 2016, China's industrial control information security market scale was about 1 billion yuan. We believe that the implementation of the Network Security Law in 2017 will drive the construction of key infrastructure protection, and the industrial control security market will start rapidly. It is estimated that the industrial control safety market will reach 2.74 billion yuan by 2020, and the CAGR in 2016-2019 will be 39%. Key drivers include:
Enterprises and institutions in power generation, transmission and distribution, manufacturing, municipal and other industries have strengthened their awareness of maintaining information security and increased their investment in industrial control security.
The continuous introduction and improvement of industry-related safety standards provide clear and practical guidance for the construction of industrial control system information security system.
The development of the industrial control security field and the improvement of the network gate, industrial control firewall, state awareness and other systems will promote the deployment and popularization of products.
Be optimistic about the industrial control safety evaluation market. The annual inspection of key infrastructure is mandatory to ensure that industrial control safety testing becomes a steadily growing market, and the scale is expected to maintain a rapid growth trend. At present, the industrial control safety evaluation is mainly based on serving the power industry, and the market scale of the industry evaluation market in 2016 is 170 million yuan; According to industry experience, the DCS market size of the power industry accounts for about 1/4 of the overall market size. The improvement of safety awareness in industries such as nuclear power, energy, transportation, and municipal administration will drive the continuous and stable growth of industrial control security evaluation business. We predict that the overall market size of industrial control information security evaluation will reach 980 million yuan in 2019, and the CAGR will be 53% in 2016-2019.