Summary

As the Industrial Internet evolves, so do the security requirements. Secure cloud platforms enable industrial enterprises to unlock the potential of the data that already resides in the organization. While IIoT edge-cloud services enable industrial enterprises to manage scaled deployments, they also significantly increase the attack surface, exposing the deployment to new attack vectors. This chapter presented readers with insights into the security controls in edge-cloud architectures. The defense-in-depth strategy for secure cloud platforms, security measures specific to the infrastructure, application, data protection and encryption, and the DevOps life cycle were discussed using real-world case studies. The chapter includes a list of important cloud security industry standards that cloud services need to comply with, in addition to regional and international data protection and privacy regulations. A cloud security assessment matrix developed in this chapter can be a useful resource...