The Key Players in The Global Aviation Cyber Security Market 2015-2019

Thursday 23 April 2015, Amsterdam

The report recognizes the following companies as the key players in the Global Aviation Cyber Security Market: BAE Systems plc, Boeing Co., Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., General Dynamics Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co.

Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: Airbus Group, Cisco Systems, CSC, Harris, IBM , L-3 Communications, McAfee, Rockwell Collins, Sabre Systems, Symantec, Thales and Unisys.

The report said: “The demand for cloud-based security solutions is one major trend emerging in the market. End-users prefer cloud-based security solutions as they are cost-effective and can be managed easily and this encourages vendors to introduce cost-effective cloud-based security solutions in the market and both large enterprises and SMEs to adopt them.”

According to the report, the need to improve the quality of cyber protection is a major growth driver. With cyber-attacks becoming more frequent, organizations in the Aviation sector are increasingly implementing IT security solutions to efficiently monitor these threats and provide enhanced protection to critical IT infrastructure. The quality of protection can also be improved by outsourcing security handling responsibilities to service providers. Therefore, a large number of companies in the Aviation sector are adopting cyber security solutions, which is driving the growth of the market.

Further, the report states that the high cost of implementation is one of the major challenges in the Global Aviation Cyber Security market. The deployment of cyber security measures is expensive as it has specific requirements. Implementing a cyber security solution usually takes a long time. This makes the implementation process critical because once started it becomes expensive to make any changes. Implementation also includes extensive additional infrastructure, complex programming, and extra time and money to ensure quality integration with other solutions.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.