Communications Security in Industry X: A Survey

Industry 4.0 is moving towards deployment using 5G as one of the main underlying communication infrastructures. Thus, the vision of the Industry of the future is getting more attention in research. Industry X (InX) is a significant thrust beyond the state-of-the-art of current Industry 4.0, towards...

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Main Authors: Ijaz Ahmad, Felipe Rodriguez, Tanesh Kumar, Jani Suomalainen, Senthil Kumar Jagatheesaperumal, Stefan Walter, Muhammad Zeeshan Asghar, Gaolei Li, Nikolaos Papakonstantinou, Mika Ylianttila, Jyrki Huusko, Thilo Sauter, Erkki Harjula
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author Ijaz Ahmad
Felipe Rodriguez
Tanesh Kumar
Jani Suomalainen
Senthil Kumar Jagatheesaperumal
Stefan Walter
Muhammad Zeeshan Asghar
Gaolei Li
Nikolaos Papakonstantinou
Mika Ylianttila
Jyrki Huusko
Thilo Sauter
Erkki Harjula
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description Industry 4.0 is moving towards deployment using 5G as one of the main underlying communication infrastructures. Thus, the vision of the Industry of the future is getting more attention in research. Industry X (InX) is a significant thrust beyond the state-of-the-art of current Industry 4.0, towards a mix of cyber and physical systems through novel technological developments. In this survey, we define InX as the combination of Industry 4.0 and 5.0 paradigms. Most of the novel technologies, such as cyber-physical systems, industrial Internet of things, machine learning, advances in cloud computing, such as edge and fog computing, and blockchain, to name a few, are converged through advanced communication networks. Since communication networks are usually targeted for security attacks, these new technologies upon which InX relies must be secured to avoid security vulnerabilities propagating into InX and its components. Therefore, in this article, we break down the security concerns of the converged InX-communication networks into the core technologies that tie these, once considered distinct, fields together. The security challenges of each technology are highlighted and potential solutions are discussed. The existing vulnerabilities or research gaps are brought forth to stir further research in this direction. New emerging visions in the context of InX are provided towards the end of the article to provoke further curiosity of researchers.
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spellingShingle Ijaz Ahmad
Felipe Rodriguez
Tanesh Kumar
Jani Suomalainen
Senthil Kumar Jagatheesaperumal
Stefan Walter
Muhammad Zeeshan Asghar
Gaolei Li
Nikolaos Papakonstantinou
Mika Ylianttila
Jyrki Huusko
Thilo Sauter
Erkki Harjula
Communications Security in Industry X: A Survey
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Industry 4.0
industrial systems
communications networks
security
cyber-physical systems
IIoT
title Communications Security in Industry X: A Survey
title_full Communications Security in Industry X: A Survey
title_fullStr Communications Security in Industry X: A Survey
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title_short Communications Security in Industry X: A Survey
title_sort communications security in industry x a survey
topic Industry 4.0
industrial systems
communications networks
security
cyber-physical systems
IIoT
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10409579/
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