Challenges and Opportunities in Securing the Industrial Internet of Things
This article provides a comprehensive survey of research efforts to secure the industrial Internet of Things, discusses their applicability, and analyzes their security benefits.
Abstract
Given the tremendous success of the Internet of Things in interconnecting\nconsumer devices, we observe a natural trend to likewise interconnect devices\nin industrial settings, referred to as Industrial Internet of Things or\nIndustry 4.0. While this coupling of industrial components provides many\nbenefits, it also introduces serious security challenges. Although sharing many\nsimilarities with the consumer Internet of Things, securing the Industrial\nInternet of Things introduces its own challenges but also opportunities, mainly\nresulting from a longer lifetime of components and a larger scale of networks.\nIn this paper, we identify the unique security goals and challenges of the\nIndustrial Internet of Things, which, unlike consumer deployments, mainly\nfollow from safety and productivity requirements. To address these security\ngoals and challenges, we provide a comprehensive survey of research efforts to\nsecure the Industrial Internet of Things, discuss their applicability, and\nanalyze their security benefits.\n