[Survey Results] Building IIoT Systems: Trends and Technology Adoption
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[Survey Results] Building IIoT Systems: Trends and Technology Adoption

Many companies have begun or are planning to begin IIoT projects. Industries are looking at modernization as a way to improve operational efficiency, minimize downtime, reduce costs, and be more flexible and responsive to changing market conditions. IIoT projects have become essential to the long-term competitiveness of these companies. To gain a better understanding of […]

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Why MQTT Has Become the De Facto Standard for the Connected Car
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Why MQTT Has Become the De Facto Standard for the Connected Car

The automotive industry is seeing increasing demands to offer connectivity solutions to consumers. Digitalization and connectivity have been top priorities for automotive executives for the last several years. In fact, connected car market size is projected to grow to US$ 225.16 billion by 2027, an average growth rate of 17.1% from 2019. The growth of […]

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MQTT and Sparkplug: Delivering Plug-and-Play Interoperability for IIoT
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MQTT and Sparkplug: Delivering Plug-and-Play Interoperability for IIoT

The manufacturing industry is rapidly changing as leading companies invest in new technologies to modernize their manufacturing infrastructures, improve overall efficiencies, and develop more flexible manufacturing processes. The introduction of IIoT technologies, combined with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, create significant opportunities for all manufacturing companies. Overview of MQTT A key protocol in […]

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MQTT Enables IIoT Security Best Practices within the Purdue Model
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MQTT Enables IIoT Security Best Practices within the Purdue Model

As Industrial IoT has evolved over the past decade or two, the vision for secure data communications and the integration of enterprise and control systems has evolved at the same time.  When the Purdue Model of Computer Integrated Manufacturing was published in 1990 as a reference for enterprise architecture and ISA 95 was developed a […]

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Modernizing the Energy Industry with MQTT
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Modernizing the Energy Industry with MQTT

The global energy industry, encompassing oil & gas, solar energy, wind energy, etc. is going through tectonic shifts, confirms McKinsey. One of the major contributors to this shift is technological developments, such as digital transformation and digitalization initiatives, which revolutionize the safety, productivity, efficiency and sustainability of energy systems. A BloombergNEF research study anticipates that […]

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More Interoperability in the IIoT
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More Interoperability in the IIoT

Why the manufacturing industry needs communication standardsThe digital transformation has been underway on factory floors for some time now. As digital technologies emerges as a key factor for remaining competitive, the need for change gains focus. The sheer complexity of many existing systems makes data transparency and networking difficult and highlights why the production industry […]

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Modernizing the Manufacturing Industry with MQTT
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Modernizing the Manufacturing Industry with MQTT

IIoT is driving the manufacturing industry to modernize its software infrastructure. Whether you call it Industry 4.0 or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), manufacturing is in the midst of a significant transformation. A key motivation in this push to modernize is that real-time data and dynamic decision making yield meaningful performance improvements for businesses.  […]

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MQTT and CoAP: Security and Privacy Issues in IoT and IIoT Communication Protocols
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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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Impact to large-scale implementations: Smart factories and smart cities
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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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Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Technology Design Issues and Implementation Vulnerabilities
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Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Technology Design Issues and Implementation Vulnerabilities

In our latest research paper, titled “The Fragility of Industrial IoT’s Data Backbone: Security and Privacy Issues in MQTT and CoAP Protocols” and written with Rainer Vosseler and Davide Quarta, we discussed how MQTT and CoAP are affected by design issues and implementation vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to subvert devices enabled by these two […]

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Creating a Scalable MQTT Environment
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Creating a Scalable MQTT Environment

MQTT, a light-weight IoT messaging protocol over TCP/IP, is designed for large-scale telemetry environments with remote locations where a small code footprint is required and/or network bandwidth is limited.  It operates as a producer-consumer paradigm, where many “Publishers” (for example, sensors) send out messages to a small set of “Subscribers” (for example, client applications), which […]

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