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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
I
Index

Endpoint security


To ensure the reliability of a hyperconnected and decentralized autonomous ecosystem, adequate security controls must be ingrained in every endpoint. Security must extend across the architecture, from the edge to the cloud. This requires arduous orchestration across various industry stakeholders. Certain industrial protocols have been updated to secure identities using digital certificates or crypto keys. Security vendors are working on tamper-proofing, hardware RoT, digital identity, key management, and so on. However, we may have to tread a long path before these proliferate across industrial deployments to a reasonable degree.

In Chapter 7, Secure Processes and Governance, we discussed how each phase of the product development life cycle needs to adhere to security and safety controls. The responsibility involves multifunctional stakeholders. System developers, integrators, OEMs, and architects all have a role in creating security built into device and network endpoints...