SECURING THE INDUSTRIAL IOT: Trusted Solutions for Embedded Systems

The IIoT offers enormous efficiency and cost benefits for all Industrial sectors, whether in power generation, transportation or smart city infrastructure. To this end, the number of electronic devices that communicate is expanding in both proliferation and complexity across all sectors. This increased deployment broadens the risk footprint and increases the likelihood of cyberattacks.

Robust cybersecurity measures must be intrinsic to all industrial IoT designs to avoid potential catastrophes. Securing such systems from malicious attacks requires careful planning to embed security by design. An IIoT system that features a carefully planned scalable architecture built using secure products, while considering the convergence of OT and IT systems within it, will be better equipped to withstand cyberattacks from evolving threats than one that has grown ad hoc with scant regard to its architecture or connections. A trained staff that embraces the security-conscious culture within an organization will also play a vital part in recognizing and countering threats. Regular threat testing and ongoing audits lead to improvements and optimization that will increase industrial IoT cyberattack resilience.

Cybersecurity regulations, standards and frameworks all serve to address an increasing threat spectrum, guide sectors in best practices and assist organizations in creating their cybersecurity management systems.

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