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IoT and OT Security Handbook

You're reading from   IoT and OT Security Handbook Assess risks, manage vulnerabilities, and monitor threats with Microsoft Defender for IoT

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804619803
Length 172 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
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Smita Jain Smita Jain
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Vasantha Lakshmi Vasantha Lakshmi
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Understand the Challenges in IoT/OT Security and Common Attacks
2. Chapter 1: Addressing Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0 FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Delving into Network Segmentation-Based Reference Architecture – the Purdue Model 4. Chapter 3: Common Attacks on IoT/OT Environments 5. Part 2: How Microsoft Defender for IoT Can Address the Open Challenges in the Connected World We Live in Today
6. Chapter 4: What Is Microsoft Defender for IoT? 7. Chapter 5: How Does Microsoft Defender for IoT Fit into Your OT/IoT Environment/Architecture? 8. Chapter 6: How Do the Microsoft Defender for IoT Features Help in Addressing Open Challenges? 9. Part 3: Best Practices to Achieve Continuous Monitoring, Vulnerability Management, Threat Monitoring and Hunting, and to Align the Business Model Toward Zero Trust
10. Chapter 7: Asset Inventory 11. Chapter 8: Continuous Monitoring 12. Chapter 9: Vulnerability Management and Threat Monitoring 13. Chapter 10: Zero Trust Architecture and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

OT sensor cloud connection methods

In the previous section, we learned about sensor placements. Now, let us move forward to understand how to monitor and maintain MDIoT. Connecting OT sensors to the cloud, and thus to MDIoT, is an important step to consider.

All the methods we are about to mention here emphasize the following:

  • Easy deployment: Nothing extra to add to the Azure portal, especially to get the connection between the sensor and MDIoT going
  • Enhanced security: No extra resource security needs to be turned on in Azure Virtual Network (Azure VNet)
  • Improved scalability: As this is a SaaS-based solution, scalability can easily be achieved
  • Flexible connectivity: The connectivity options will be discussed shortly, and you will see that the variety of options provided offers flexibility

Azure proxy

Azure VNet provides you with a proxy, which can aid in the process of connecting OT sensors to the MDIoT portal. The confidentiality of all the communications...

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