Cybersecurity in the Internet of Things in Industrial Management

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 1598
• Main Authors: Raimundo, Ricardo Jorge, Rosário, Albérico Travassos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2022
• Subjects: blockchain; cybersecurity; industry 4.0; Internet of Things; machine learning; Manufacturing; security data; Sensors; Software
• ISSN: 2076-3417; 2076-3417
• DOI: 10.3390/app12031598

Nowadays, people live amidst the smart home domain, while there are business opportunities in industrial smart cities and healthcare. However, there are concerns about security. Security is central for IoT systems to protect sensitive data and infrastructure, whilst security issues have become increasingly expensive, in particular in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) domains. Nonetheless, there are some key challenges for dealing with those security issues in IoT domains: Applications operate in distributed environments such as Blockchain, varied smart objects are used, and sensors are limited, as far as machine resources are concerned. In this way, traditional security does not fit in IoT systems. The issue of cybersecurity has become paramount to the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in mitigating cybersecurity risk for organizations and end users. New cybersecurity technologies/applications present improvements for IoT security management. Nevertheless, there is a gap in the effectiveness of IoT cyber risk solutions. This review article discusses the literature trends around opportunities and threats in cybersecurity for IIoT, by reviewing 70 key articles discovered from a profound Scopus literature survey. It aims to present the current debate around the issue of IIoT rather than suggesting any particular technical solutions to solve network security problems.