A s the shift from legacy system support to Zero Trust architectures accelerates, S ecure R emote A ccess (SRA) for Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control System ( IC S) environments has emerged as a critical topic for many of our customers . To help address these challenges, we invited Warwick Ashford , Senior Analyst, Cybersecurity and Identity at KuppingerCole to share insights from his recently published Leadership Compass report, which analyzes SRA solutions for the industrial world—systems where human and machine access converge, and where risk and complexity are no longer theoretical. He made the case right away: SRA should not be treated as an add-on , but rather as a core component of modern operational strategy in industrial environments.