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Are Organizations Spending Enough on Protecting OT?

2025 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Budget: Spending Trends, Challenges, and the Future
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Uncovering OT Cybersecurity Spending

For years the industry has been left in the dark regarding how organizations are spending their OT budgets. For 2025 we worked together with the SANS Institute to demystify OT cybersecurity spending and uncover what it means for the future of critical infrastructure protection.

26%

of organizations

have their security budget controlled by ICS/OT teams

34%

of organizations

are unsure how their ICS/OT security budget is allocated

#1 Priority

ICS/OT Security Budget Focus

Defensible Network Architecture

Decoding OT
Cybersecurity Budgets

Learn how your peers are prioritizing their cybersecurity budgets, where and how attacks are coming into OT environments, and discover the answer to these three critical questions:

  • Who’s controlling the budget?
  • Who’s spending the budget?
  • What are they spending it on?

Meet The Experts Behind the Report

Eric Knapp
OT Industry Expert
Headshot of Matt Wiseman, Director of Product Marketing at OPSWAT
Matt Wiseman
Director of Product Marketing, OPSWAT

Eric Knapp

OT Industry Expert

Eric Knapp is a recognized expert in industrial control systems cybersecurity, and is the author of “Industrial Network Security,” and co-author of “Applied Cyber Security for Smart Grids.” Eric has over 20 years of experience in Information Security, specializing in industrial automation, security analytics, and risk management in both enterprise and industrial networks. He has held leadership positions at NitroSecurity, Intel Security, and Wurldtech, and is active on numerous industry boards and committees.

Matt Wiseman

Director of Product Marketing, OPSWAT

Matt Wiseman is a Director of Product Marketing at OPSWAT managing the OT product line. Matt’s focus is on product, engineering, product marketing and cybersecurity strategy. Matt has experience working in large industrial organizations and has worked to provide comprehensive cybersecurity solutions for all key critical infrastructure industries. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Matt served in various cybersecurity strategy and global marketing leadership roles at Honeywell. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Western University and an MBA from Laurentian University. In addition, Matt has obtained a variety of cyber related certifications from the Department of Homeland Security, a GISF and is a member of the GIAC Advisory Board.

Headshot of Matt Wiseman, Director of Product Marketing at OPSWAT

Get the Report Now

Download your free copy of the SANS & OPSWAT report,“2025 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Budget: Spending Trends, Challenges, and the Future.”