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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

Green patches in brownfield


The lifespan of high-value industrial systems is measured in decades. As the industrial internet penetrates into OT environments, the legacy systems may continue to coexist for the foreseeable future. These legacy systems, though connected using gateways, were never built for ubiquitous connectivity, and are thus weak links in the security chain. Any IIoT use case involving brownfield deployments should take special considerations with respect to these legacy systems, and plan for event and activity monitoring, secure updates, and so on, at a minimum.

Greenfields with state of the art IIoT devices and equipment are evolving from being simple patches, becoming more pervasive. As the number of new, modern devices increases, industrial deployments may hit an inflection point in this migration path. Since these new industrial OT systems are also high-value and are meant to last for many years, new device manufacturers should cautiously build these with hardware-based...