Why It’s Hard to Make Your IIoT Solution Happen
· Connected Industry

Why It’s Hard to Make Your IIoT Solution Happen

If you’re like me, you might feel as if the industrial internet of things (IIoT) should be more of a thing by now. That’s not to say it isn’t panning out. IIoT applications are on the rise, and recent estimates anticipate as much as $14 trillion in additions “to global domestic product by 2030” thanks […]

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The Smart Region opportunity for electric utility companies
· Smart Cities

The Smart Region opportunity for electric utility companies

The emergence of next generation technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, and data science, are poised to transform today’s cities into advanced smart cities. Electric utility companies, with their critical infrastructure and essential services, are well positioned to co-lead this transformation. While smart cities represent a major business opportunity […]

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MQTT and CoAP: Security and Privacy Issues in IoT and IIoT Communication Protocols
· Cybersecurity

MQTT and CoAP: Security and Privacy Issues in IoT and IIoT Communication Protocols

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication protocols, which enable machines to “talk” with one another so that commands are communicated and data is transmitted, are indispensable to applications and systems that make use of the internet of things (IoT) and the industrial internet of things (IIoT).Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a communication protocol widely used in both IoT and IIoT deployments. […]

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How IIoT Creates Real-Time Visibility for Manufacturing – IIoT webinar and Q&A
· Connected Industry

How IIoT Creates Real-Time Visibility for Manufacturing – IIoT webinar and Q&A

Recorded version of “How IIoT Creates Real-Time Visibility for Manufacturing” webinar and Q&A Creating real-time visibility in operations is about delivering the right information at the right time to the right person. In today’s factories, manufacturing visibility is often limited because of disparate IT and OT systems, reports based on data from last week, and […]

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Industrial IoT Vision & Investment Guidelines
· Connected Industry

Industrial IoT Vision & Investment Guidelines

A connected factory, a robotic arm, and a power drill walk into a bar. The bartender asks them for data. All three start yelling at the same time. The bartender walks out. The next day, his body is found in a trough of disillusionment outside the old Gartner place. The data wars had begun… Today, the […]

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[New report] Digital Readiness for Industrial Transformation
· Connected Industry

[New report] Digital Readiness for Industrial Transformation

We all know something big is happening “out there” in industrial operations around the globe. Companies are going beyond standard practices in Continuous Improvement (CI) as they seek step change improvement. Among them, programs go by a range of names: Digital or Industrial Transformation, Industrie 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, and many others. Whatever your company calls […]

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IoT Security: The Visibility of Assets in the Field
· Cybersecurity

IoT Security: The Visibility of Assets in the Field

IoT security is a complex issue, especially in projects involving hundreds of edge devices in the field. Cloud security and edge security are two very different issues. Edge systems are isolated, and if there is a network disruption the devices need to know how to protect themselves on an individual basis. At Litmus we’ve seen three […]

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Two sides of IT vs. OT Security and ICS Security Operations
· Cybersecurity

Two sides of IT vs. OT Security and ICS Security Operations

People, Process, & Technology on Two sides of the Same Coin Who should perform the security of the operations technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) in any given company? This is a question I commonly get, which is based on a need to identify the proper structure, governance, staffing, tooling, training, etc., of personnel […]

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IoT is driving the next industrial revolution
· Connected Industry

IoT is driving the next industrial revolution

IoT is driving the next industrial revolution. But hackers now see the supply chain as an easy target. The challenge: to mitigate the risk and drive more efficient, connected production, but without neglecting to invest in security and training – a topic very much in focus on the agenda at Internet of Things World in […]

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Impact to large-scale implementations: Smart factories and smart cities
· Cybersecurity

Impact to large-scale implementations: Smart factories and smart cities

In this article we discuss how insecure deployments and the lack of well-defined security in M2M technology can be abused to turn into unforeseen problems in critical and large-scale environments like smart factories and cities.M2M technology forms the core of IIoT systems for maintaining smart factories and building smart cities. As more of these connected […]

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