Security News > 2021 > November > Unseen gatekeepers: Industrial software providers’ role securing global infrastructure

While cybersecurity firms are often the first port of call for business leaders desperate for answers, the crucial role of software providers should not be overlooked.

The first step to understanding the importance of industrial software providers is realizing their central role in the cybersecurity ecosystem.

Unlike endpoint security providers, who focus primarily on protecting the digital surface, software providers encounter every stage of the technology stack and the employees who interact with it.

This central role puts software providers in the unique position from which they can influence the entire internal cyber ecosystem, on both a digital and personnel level.

Secondly, software providers' interactions along the supply chain means that they are well placed to spread important training and information to every employee that interacts with their software.

If there is one takeaway to glean from all this, it is that neither customers nor industrial software providers themselves should forget or overlook the latter's crucial role in building and maintaining the cybersecurity ecosystem.

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