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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
I
Index

Securing processes across the IIoT life cycle


In a fast-paced software-defined economy, innovation and time-to-market often take precedence over security and reliability. The latter are either added after the fact or left to users to integrate. This, however, would not suffice in the case of regulated, mission-critical industry segments. For industrial products, safety and reliability controls must be ingrained at every phase of development and must satisfy rigorous standards and regulatory compliance.

The same holds true for IIoT. For IIoT systems, trustworthiness is not something we can "bolt on" post-deployment. Every phase of the solution life cycle needs to comply with the minimum safety, resilience, and security requirements. This section analyzes various strategies to achieve this. Figure 7.1 shows the various phases and processes of a typical IIoT solution. While standards are yet to evolve to evaluate the security of these processes and policies, this section presents some practical...