Industrial IoT Markets and Security

Market Overview, Key Skills to Develop

In this module you will see a specialization (all 3 courses) overview, learn what Industry 4.0 is all about, learn about the enabling factors that made it possible for the IIoT to come into existence, and become aware of what key skills to learn in order to be employed in the IIoT market segment.

Platforms, Software and Services

In this module we will take a look at what a platform is and the leading suppliers of platforms. I'll give you a quick look at an example building automation deployment and how a platform forms the "glue" that ties the entire system together. We will also take a look at the software and services market.

Top 5 application areas, Realtime Operating Systems

In this module we will look at the top 5 application areas and considerations involved in selecting a real-time operating system for an IIoT node (think: a single board computer attached to a manufacturing machine like a lathe).

Networking, wireless communication providers and protocols

In this module we look at networking concepts and two important developments: Network Functions Virtualization and Software Defined Networks. We then move on to take a quick survey of long-range and short-range wireless protocols.

Security

This is probably the most important module in the entire specialization. With billions of devices connected to the internet, security is of paramount importance. I will share with you the bulk of my experience in developing security solutions for end-node type devices. For me the products were hard drives and solid state drives. However, the principles that "work" for storage devices also apply to any IIoT device. I have a colleague guest speaker (Don Matthews) come in to talk to you about his experience with security which he has been doing for 25+ years.