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A Systematic Survey of Industrial Internet of Things Security: Requirements and Fog Computing Opportunities

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Tange, Koen, De Donno, Michele, Fafoutis, Xenofon, Dragoni, Nicola·2020·IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials

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A key application of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm lies within industrial contexts. Indeed, the emerging Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), commonly referred to as Industry 4.0, promises to revolutionize production and manufacturing through the use of large numbers of networked embedded sensing devices, and the combination of emerging computing technologies, such as Fog/Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence. The IIoT is characterized by an increased degree of inter-connectivity, which not only creates opportunities for the industries that adopt it, but also for cyber-criminals. Indeed, IoT security currently represents one of the major obstacles that prevent the widespread adoption of IIoT technology. Unsurprisingly, such concerns led to an exponential growth of published research over the last few years. To get an overview of the field, we deem it important to systematically survey the academic literature so far, and distill from it various security requirements as well as their popularity. This paper consists of two contributions: our primary contribution is a systematic review of the literature over the period 2011-2019 on IIoT Security, focusing in particular on the security requirements of the IIoT. Our secondary contribution is a reflection on how the relatively new paradigm of Fog computing can be leveraged to address these requirements, and thus improve the security of the IIoT.

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Authors
Tange, K., De Donno, M., Fafoutis, X., & Dragoni, N.
Affiliations
  • Technical University of Denmark (DK)
  • Örebro University (SE)
Venue
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
Published
2020
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
2489-2520
ISSN
  • 1553-877X (ISSN-L)
  • 2373-745X
OpenAlex
W3044855437
Cited by
410
References
251
Citations by year
2026: 45 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 77 · 2023: 89 · 2022: 68 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 5
FWCI
27.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (764785)
  • FORA–Fog Computing for Robotics and Industrial Automation
  • Poul V. Andersen Fund
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Internet of Things and AI
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Keywords
Industrial Internet of Things, IIoT security, security requirements, fog computing, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things security, cyber-physical security, cloud computing, literature survey

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