Gartner® Market Guide for CPS Secure Remote Access 2026

Learn why organizations are moving away from ad hoc, IT-centric remote access and adopting purpose-built CPS secure remote access platforms designed for safety-critical, distributed environments.

The CPS secure remote access market is undergoing a pivotal shift as remote operations become standard across industrial environments. Organizations are moving beyond basic “secure connectivity” toward secure operations that account for safety, uptime, and operational accountability

As CPS environments grow more distributed and vendor-dependent, secure remote access must provide granular control, protocol awareness, and full session visibility across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployments.

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Why Secure Remote Access Is Central to CPS Operations

Our takeaways from the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for CPS Secure Remote Access:

Ad hoc and IT-centric remote access creates “shadow access” blind spots in CPS environments.

Secure remote access must support safe and reliable operations, not just connectivity.

Granular, protocol-aware access is essential to protect mission-critical CPS assets.

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2026 Gartner® Market Guide for CPS Secure Remote Access

Gartner, Market Guide for CSP Secure Remote Access, Katell Thielemann, Wam Voster, Sumit Rajput, 4 February 2026.

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