[Industrial Internet of Things security and Privacy]

The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), including cloud and edge computing and cyber-physical systems, has initiated a profound digital disruption for our critical infrastructure systems, including transport, manufacturing, gas and oil, energy, water, healthcare, and critical mission military systems. These industries that use IIoT solutions have complex infrastructures, interconnecting many devices, sensors, smart meters, industrial robots, and communication software, rendering them vulnerable targets for cyber attackers. This highlights the critical significance of system security and data privacy. Students have a broad scope to select a topic within this field. Some areas of current research activity include:   

• Privacy-preserving techniques using Artificial intelligence for IIoT, Cyber physical and edge computing systems.  

• Vulnerability analysis of MQTT, QMQTT, COAP, Websocket, and OPC-UA.  

• Security for IIoT devices and networks, including 5G and satellite.  

• Threat attribution and intelligence for IIoT systems 

• Generative Artificial intelligence and/or Quantum Machine Learning in Automatic security and privacy Solutions