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Practical Industrial Internet of Things Security

By : Sravani Bhattacharjee
Book Image

Practical Industrial Internet of Things Security

By: Sravani Bhattacharjee

Overview of this book

Securing connected industries and autonomous systems is of primary concern to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) community. Unlike cybersecurity, cyber-physical security directly ties to system reliability as well as human and environmental safety. This hands-on guide begins by establishing the foundational concepts of IIoT security with the help of real-world case studies, threat models, and reference architectures. You’ll work with practical tools to design risk-based security controls for industrial use cases and gain practical knowledge of multi-layered defense techniques, including identity and access management (IAM), endpoint security, and communication infrastructure. You’ll also understand how to secure IIoT lifecycle processes, standardization, and governance. In the concluding chapters, you’ll explore the design and implementation of resilient connected systems with emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the all the knowledge required to design industry-standard IoT systems confidently.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Disclaimer
Preface
I
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Index

An era of decentralized autonomy


Industrial automation was founded on centralized supervision and management of industrial processes, field devices, and networks. Software-defined technologies and ubiquitous connectivity are quickly transforming that centralized model. Consider the case of time-sensitive network (or TSN, discussed in Chapter 7Secure Processes and Governance), where endpoints collaboratively determine their necessary configurations, to synchronize in time. This autonomy addresses the complexity and inefficiencies associated with manual setup, teardown, and so on. An autonomous vehicle is essentially a robot (an AI specimen) on-the-wheels that dynamically learns, decides, and maneuvers without any central supervision.

The industrial internet is ushering in a new era of autonomous operations and decentralized control.

Meaningful evolution and the sustenance of an autonomous world depends on many foundational principles. Security is a prime one among them. As already elaborated...