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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 3. IIoT Identity and Access Management

"In spite of the size, power, and storage challenges in IIoT environments, it is critical that we build strong identities and the means to convey them."                                 - Dean Weber, Chief Technology Officer, Mocana

Designing a robust identity and access management framework has always been a top challenge for security professionals. In the electronic world, multiple technologies have evolved over the decades for access control, using both wired and wireless infrastructure. Access control in the industrial internet introduces a tougher set of challenges.

In the cyber-physical world, due to the direct impact on the environment, ensuring device integrity through mutual authentication is critical. It is important to ensure that the sensor or the field device is indeed what it claims to be. It is also important to ensure that the control commands to actuate downstream systems are generated by an authorized controller. Absence of human...