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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
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Index

Chapter 7. Secure Processes and Governance

"Security gets orders of magnitude more attention today than only a short time ago."                                                                                       – Stan Schneider, CEO, RTI

IIoT attributes intelligence and autonomy to machines. In a world where smart machines make autonomous decisions, trustworthiness is critical and must be ingrained in their DNA. This distributed autonomy calls for a decentralized approach to IIoT security, where safety and integrity controls are built into every node, endpoint, and in every technology that renders intelligence and connectivity.

In this book, IIoT security is decomposed into endpoint, access, connectivity, and edge-cloud layers. Earlier chapters have already analyzed the security controls at each layer, where readers can find actionable tools to evaluate and implement security in the respective layers. However, the question that still remains unanswered is: how do we orchestrate multi-layered...