Sumit Rajput is a Director Analyst at Gartner with the Infrastructure & Operations Edge group. He covers Edge Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies with a focus on IT OT Alignment and Integration. He advises technical professionals on addressing challenges and implementing best practices for modernizing IT/OT architecture. His coverage involves Cyber Physical System (CPS) Security that encompasses OT/ICS Security, Reference architecture for IT OT, Industrial data management, Edge data considerations, Unified Namespace, Event-centric architecture, Industrial Asset discovery & OT traffic monitoring, Backup & Recovery for OT assets, CPS Protection Platforms, CPS/OT Remote Access, Network Segmentation in industrial environment.