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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

Who performs attacks on OT/IoT systems and how and why do they do it?

The growing digitalization of organizations and IoT/OT convergence have brought new responsibilities for chief information security officers (CISOs)/chief risk officers (CROs). They should address these and prepare for the risk imposed by internet-connected devices. Now, the question arises: why do we see frequent attacks on OT/IoT environments? This question can be answered in various ways, in terms of the intent of attackers, the known weaknesses, easy access, and the minimal cost of executing attacks. Before we venture to understand hackers’ motivations, it is also particularly important to understand a little bit about cyber warfare.

Cyber warfare is defined as techniques, tactics, and procedures used during a cyber war by state-sponsored hackers. There are plenty of these techniques available. Some important ones are described here:

  • Espionage: Spying or using spies to steal secrets from another...