IoT Security in Different Industrial Application Areas: Manufacturing, Autonomous Driving and Smart Farming

Dear Colleagues,

Digitization throughout the entire product lifecycle not only accelerates the development and production of complex goods but also improves the quality and functionality of products. Often, digitalization stimulates an increased connectivity of (critical) cyber-physical objects, yielding demanding security requirements which rely on new and innovative methods and concepts for implementation.

To ensure the safety and security of industrial solutions, these aspects need to be considered along the whole product lifecycle and across the entire value-chain. IoT networks are specifically vulnerable, as they often involve devices with limited computational capabilities, legacy software, strict power constraints, unclear/no maintenance, and tight development budgets. Hence, developments such as security-by design methodologies, safety and security co-engineering, standardized and secure platforms/reference architectures, and others are being developed to support the system designer in coming up with a safe and secure IoT system. Considering the long operating period of industrial objects, security lifecycle management of the corresponding IoT devices becomes a key concern, as well.

This Special Issue targets innovative security concepts and methods specifically for industrial applications. This includes but is not limited to applications in manufacturing, autonomous driving, and smart farming.

Dr. Mario Drobics
Dr. Willibald Krenn
Guest Editors

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• Security and safety design methods
• Security verification
• Security analysis
• IoT lifecycle management