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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

Sensor placement considerations

Once you understand the target OT network architecture and how the Purdue model applies to it, you may start planning sensor connections in an MDIoT deployment.

Generally, MDIoT is used to monitor traffic from Purdue layers 1 and 2. However, in most modern organizations, OT traffic exists on layer 3 as well; therefore, you can use MDIoT to monitor layer 3 traffic.

Review your OT and ICS network diagram with site engineers to determine the best place to connect to MDIoT to get the most relevant traffic for monitoring. We encourage you to meet with local network and operational teams to clarify your and their expectations. It is a promising idea to create a list of the following information for the target network:

  • A list of devices.
  • The number of OT networks in the target site.
  • The number of devices in the OT network.
  • The vendors and industrial protocols in the OT segment.
  • Network engineering managers and supporting external...