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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

Elements of an IIoT security program


The security posture of an IIoT deployment depends on how safely it can weather instabilities during the operation phase. In spite of multiple layers of security checkpoints in the pre-operation phases, vulnerabilities do exist at runtime. In enterprise IT deployments, a security program provides well-orchestrated governance, protecting organizational assets and infrastructure from external and internal threats during the operational phase. Data availability, privacy, and integrity are the primary goals of an enterprise IT security program.

As we have already discussed in this book, the stakes in an IIoT deployment are much higher than enterprise IT. IIoT involves critical infrastructures and human safety. In addition to data availability, privacy, and integrity, an IIoT security program must ensure resilience and reliability in the event of an attack, which can be from external or internal adversaries, or due to inadvertent misconfigurations or natural...