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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

How layers disrupt security when not managed well

Grouping similar systems together to ensure we balance both performance and security is the key goal of the Purdue model. We have learned so far that segmentation and isolation are critical in ensuring security.

We are also clear on the benefits the convergence of IT and OT has brought to the industry. However, it has brought along with it attacks once only aimed at enterprises or IT now aimed toward OT assets as well. Every device is deemed mission critical as an attack on a front-line device or workstation or engineering system can lead to an attack on OT systems. This not only affects the business, revenue, and reputation but also human life, depending on the type of OT infrastructure.

Here is a scenario about the reconnaissance activity happening for TCP port 502. These activities not only have increased in the recent past but also, if successful, can issue harmful commands to OT devices.

TCP port 502 is commonly used in...