Sensors Midwest 2017

In a connected world, the promise of the Industrial IoT value proposition comes out only when multiple applications have access to the same device data on a real-time basis so as to influence the application eco-system. These applications will reside everywhere - some on the cloud, some on the edge. We are all aware of data breaches within the IT network that originated via the OT network. We are also aware of DDoS attacks using BOTS that ran on OT devices such as connected video surveillance cameras. The onset of Industrial IoT has created a new problem of how OT data from legacy un-connected control systems and devices can be transported securely from any device to any number of applications simultaneously; while ensuring protection of the legacy Industrial mission-critical asset, complete data isolation between OT and IT networks, as well as minimization of data theft.  This calls for a secure, flexible and scalable network infrastructure architecture that can support such a requirement for billions of devices in any vertical.