Industrial collaboration

Industrial IoT deployments typically involve several vendors. In Chapter 9, Real-World Case Studies in IIoT Security, the challenges associated with vendor complexity in the case of an automated offshore drilling IACS were discussed. For an industrial user of IIoT, it is a daunting task to coordinate the security postures of the solutions. In addition, there are complexities related to installation, confirmation, and device management that further increase the chances of human errors and insider threats. An overarching collaborative model for pre-deployment security testing of multi-vendor solutions, to coherently define, enforce, and monitor security policies, can minimize risks.

The IIC has an interesting platform for collaboration among IoT vendors, through their testbed program. At the time of this writing, there are nearly thirty testbeds, where any new IIoT technology, service, or product is incubated and rigorously tested to verify its utility before being...