Although the vendor landscape of the global market for aviation cyber security is largely fragmented, the top five companies accounted for a significant 59% of the global market in 2016, observes Transparency Market Research in a recent report. The market features a high level of competition, which has intensified in the past few years owing to the large numbers of acquisitions and mergers undertaken by key players. Leading vendors in the market continue to resort to these strategies as a way of adding unique services and product offerings to their portfolio and gain extra leverage through an expanded consumer base. Recent instance would be the acquisition of Lacoon Mobile Security, an Israel-based mobile security company, by Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in 2015. The market is also tough for new and small vendors to enter. Firstly, due to the intense competition and secondly, due to the fact that leading players enjoy strong presence and excellent consumer loyalty across key regional mar...