The Business Viewpoint of Securing the Industrial Internet

Increasingly, standard Internet technologies are finding their way into industrial control systems, displacing the purpose-built technologies historically used to build such systems. By enabling global access and applications such as advanced analytics, this trend is enabling industrial enterprises to improve business performance and production efficiencies by orders of magnitude. An industrial control system is a collection of devices (sensors, actuators, and controllers) that work together to sense, monitor and control something in the physical world. These systems are ubiquitous in the modern world and control much of the critical infrastructure around us dams, power plants, transportation systems, the electric grid, mining, chemical and manufacturing plants, commercial buildings, data centers and medical systems. The continuing explosion of connected devices provides opportunities for unparalleled growth and performance gains in industrial systems. They present unprecedented risks of hostile attacks to plant personnel, to society and the environment at large, and to the businesses that operate industrial processes.

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Fixed 5th Generation Advanced and Beyond

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

One of the overarching goals of the ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) F5G on Fifth Generation Fixed Network is to establish a regular rhythm of evolution for the fixed telecommunications network. This technology enhancement corresponds to the series of generations defined for the wireless network. So far, F5G has published technical specifications on use cases, generations definition of fibre networks, architecture, and more. As it continues, these documents will be enhanced and revised to describe the fifth generation of fixed networks more fully. Therefore, we need to consider the evolution of F5G. This White Paper describes the drivers, dimensions, and technologies of the F5G advanced and beyond.

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The Industrial Internet of Things Networking Framework

whitePaper | August 3, 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) fuses the digital realm with the real-world of objects and places and enables digital twins of them. These technologies drive innovation in application areas such as manufacturing, utilities, transportation, logistics and smart cities. The adoption of IoT technologies in industrial settings, known as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), enables gathering and analysis of data across machines, physical assets and processes to improve the flexibility and efficiency of systems at reduced cost. IIoT will increase the productivity, shift economies, innovate business models and foster industrial growth: a digital transformation (DX).

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IoT white paper

whitePaper | January 22, 2022

This white paper has been prepared for distribution for informational purposes only. No regulatory authority has examined or approved any of the information set out in this white paper. The white paper may not be exhaustive and does not imply any elements of a contractual relationship or obligations.

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AWS IoT Lens

whitePaper | December 25, 2019

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Accelerating the Impact of Industrial IoT in Small and Medium‑Sized Enterprises

whitePaper | February 12, 2020

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector are being left behind in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This worrying trend is exacerbating economic inequality, stifling opportunities for social mobility and dragging down global industrial productivity. To benefit from the technological advancements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, SMEs will need to overcome a range of challenges including a dearth of skilled employees, lack of access to capital and unclear returns on investment, a need to revamp their firm’s infrastructure and processes, a need to update information technology and operational technology, and navigate a nascent technology landscape that is currently poised to serve larger companies.

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EyeSpy - Iranian Spyware Delivered in VPN Installers

whitePaper | August 16, 2022

During routine analysis of detection performance, we noticed a batch of processes that respected the same pattern in the process names. These names begin with sys, win or lib followed by a word that describes the functionality, such as bus, crt, temp, cache, init, and end in 32.exe. We later noticed that the .bat files and the downloaded payloads respect the same naming convention. Further investigation revealed the components are part of a monitoring application called SecondEye, developed in Iran and distributed legitimately via the developer’s website. We also found that some spyware components were already described in an article published by Blackpoint [1]. In the article, researchers drew attention to the dangers of legally distributed monitoring software with malicious behavior

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