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IoT and OT Security Handbook

By : Smita Jain, Vasantha Lakshmi
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IoT and OT Security Handbook

By: Smita Jain, Vasantha Lakshmi

Overview of this book

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, is all about digital transformation, manufacturing, and production. The connected world we live in today, including industries, comes with several cybersecurity challenges that need immediate attention. This book takes you through the basics of IoT and OT architecture and helps you understand and mitigate these security challenges. The book begins with an overview of the challenges faced in managing and securing IoT and OT devices in Industry 4.0. You’ll then get to grips with the Purdue model of reference architecture, which will help you explore common cyber attacks in IoT and OT environments. As you progress, you’ll be introduced to Microsoft Defender for IoT and understand its capabilities in securing IoT and OT environments. Finally, you will discover best practices for achieving continuous monitoring and vulnerability management, as well as threat monitoring and hunting, and find out how to align your business model toward zero trust. By the end of this security book, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to efficiently secure IoT and OT environments using Microsoft Defender for IoT.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Part 1: Understand the Challenges in IoT/OT Security and Common Attacks
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Part 2: How Microsoft Defender for IoT Can Address the Open Challenges in the Connected World We Live in Today
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Part 3: Best Practices to Achieve Continuous Monitoring, Vulnerability Management, Threat Monitoring and Hunting, and to Align the Business Model Toward Zero Trust
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Chapter 9: Vulnerability Management and Threat Monitoring

Validating ZTA with attack vectors

ZTA implementations can be validated by creating attack vector reports. These reports give you a visual simulation of the attack vector and path to the specific asset. The following screenshot shows how a PLC may be attacked by navigating connected devices in the path:

Figure 10.8 – An attack vector report

The preceding figure shows the attack vector simulation on an important device, PLC1.

The path from the internet to the PLC can be achieved in three easy steps:

  1. Workstation 1 has an internet connection.
  2. There are known vulnerabilities on the device that the attacker may leverage to compromise the device.
  3. There is network connectivity between two subnets, meaning the attacker may enter another network. Also, there are known vulnerabilities on the PLC device, which may be used to compromise the PLC.

Simulation is an integral part of any cybersecurity program. However, given the sensitivity...