Identifying Cybersecurity Technologies to Protect Global Supply Chain and Automated Production Lines

Our Client & Their Goals

Our Client, a major manufacturer with a global supply chain, recognised that their automated, interconnected supply chain faced vulnerabilities from cyber threats and needed to ensure it was sufficiently protected. Their initial research had revealed that few cybersecurity solutions could address their unique challenges as an industrial manufacturer, and most solutions would not protect their large network of third-party suppliers.

As a result, our Client’s goal was to acquire new technology, or partner with a company developing innovative cybersecurity technology, to create an effective solution for their supply chain system. Our Client had little experience with cybersecurity technology but needed to select their partners carefully to ensure any investments would serve as effective solutions over the long-term.

They asked us to help them develop their cybersecurity strategy by identifying cybersecurity technologies that will emerge over the next 5 to 10 years in a technology forecast. Our forecasts could help them select potential technologies or partners by determining whether the solutions they provided would protect their supply chain from new cyberthreats over these time periods.

CamIn's Solution

We assembled a project team comprised of cybersecurity experts. Each of our experts had a background relevant to one of our Client’s areas of interest: threat prevention, cybersecurity related to supply chain networks, and cybersecurity related to production lines. 

Working with our experts, we developed technology roadmaps examining the cybersecurity challenges facing the Client’s extended supply chain, production lines, and computer networks. Our roadmaps also included a thorough evaluation of current market trends in each area, and forecast the likely paths for future R&D and innovation related to cybersecurity technologies.

Next, we identified emerging start-ups developing everything from fundamental intellectual property related to cybersecurity to production-ready solutions. Each of company’s assets were evaluated to determine whether they could enhance our Client’s cybersecurity in their three target areas over the next five and ten years.

We evaluated each cybersecurity technology on its ability to meet current cyberthreats, and forecast each technology’s ability to respond to critical types of evolving threats. Our assessment provided our Client with a clear set of criteria they could use to determine which company’s technology to license, further co-develop, and integrate.

Our evaluation clearly identified the characteristics that cybersecurity solutions must possess to effectively protect the Client’s global supply chain, automated production equipment, and their computer networks from these cyber threats.

The Impact

Our comprehensive technology landscape detailed the most significant cyberthreats that our Client is likely to face over the next decade, and forecast of how these threats may evolve. Our analysis also included a detailed list of potential partners that the Client could work with to develop a cybersecurity solution that meets their specific needs. Our evaluation clearly identified the characteristics that cybersecurity solutions must possess to effectively protect the Client’s global supply chain, automated production equipment, and their computer networks from these cyber threats.

Armed with this information and our expert guidance, the Client could move forward confidently with their strategy to develop a customised and effective cybersecurity solution.