Gartner Recognition of Tosi Spurs Urgency for Secure Remote Access at CooperStandard
- Gartner recognition highlights secure remote access as a way for CooperStandard to reduce downtime and speed Industry 4.0 adoption.
- Secure remote access lets CooperStandard troubleshoot remotely, limit stoppages, update software, and keep IT/OT environments isolated.
- Purpose-built secure remote access offers CooperStandard faster fault response, lower maintenance travel costs, and safer scalable digitalisation.
Manufacturing remote access gains urgency after Gartner recognition of Tosi
Tosi, a maker of operational technology (OT) connectivity tools, is acknowledged as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s 2026 Market Guide for CPS Secure Remote Access, a development that sharpens focus on remote access and security in automotive supply chains. Gartner defines these products as solutions that enable employees, contractors or OEMs to safely operate, maintain or update cyber-physical systems remotely, and notes they can be deployed in cloud, on‑premises or hybrid environments. Tosi’s leadership says the recognition reflects customer trust in its ability to connect, visualize and control OT networks and highlights the company’s platform for rapid deployment and unified control of industrial systems.
For CooperStandard Holdings, a global supplier of automotive sealing, fuel and brake delivery and fluid transfer systems, the Gartner recognition of Tosi underscores a concrete technology vector to reduce plant downtime and accelerate Industry 4.0 adoption. Automotive suppliers operate complex production lines with programmable logic controllers, robots and test rigs that require rapid diagnostics and secure maintenance access across international sites. Secure remote access tools enable faster troubleshooting by trained specialists without travel, limit production stoppages and support remote software updates while preserving isolation between IT and OT environments — a material operational priority for tier‑one manufacturers such as CooperStandard.
Selecting and integrating a secure remote access platform presents practical choices that matter to automotive component makers. Vendors offer different deployment models, levels of device visibility, and partner channels; the ability to integrate with existing PLCs, MES (manufacturing execution systems) and security controls is pivotal. The market traction Tosi cites — deployment to hundreds of thousands of industrial devices, 800+ customers and 150+ partners — signals scale that could ease integration and support for large suppliers. Gartner’s advisory nature and trademark disclaimer accompany the recognition, reminding buyers to match products to specific control-system architectures and regulatory needs.
Tosi traces its roots to 2011 and was previously known as Tosibox. The company says its platform supports secure remote troubleshooting, maintenance and software updates and helps reduce onsite visits and downtime across multiple industrial verticals.
For CooperStandard and peers, the rise of purpose-built secure remote access tools presents an operational resilience lever: faster response to equipment faults, lower travel costs for maintenance crews, and a pathway to safer, more scalable digitalisation of production facilities.
