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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

Defining an IIoT endpoint


IIoT endpoints are often equated to the next generation of machines and IoT devices capable of network connectivity. These devices, however, are a subset of the endpoint universe in the context of security and trustworthiness. An IIoT endpoint can be any device or system in an IIoT implementation that generates, processes, routes, or stores data.

The IIC Vocabulary defines an endpoint as a "component that has computational capabilities and network connectivity." Thus, IIoT endpoints are not limited only to connected field devices, such as sensors, actuators, and plant equipment (turbines and so on), but include other nodes of an ICS/SCADA system (such as PLCs, RTUs, and DCS) and intermediator systems (such as industrial routers, firewalls, gateways, and edge devices), spanning all the way to cloud-based appliances and servers. Physical endpoints may have independent hardware and dedicated silicon fabric, or may run as virtual instances in virtualized environments...