lRF Foresight Review of Cyber Security for the IIOT
This foresight review explores the growing cybersecurity risks associated with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) as connected systems become embedded across critical infrastructure sectors including energy, transport, manufacturing and the built environment.
The report argues that while IIoT technologies offer major gains in efficiency, automation and sustainability, they also create new vulnerabilities through increased connectivity, data dependency and system complexity. It highlights the need for organisations to move beyond traditional cybersecurity approaches toward more resilient, outcomes-based risk management that assumes failure, insider threats and systemic risk. Ultimately, the review calls for stronger collaboration between industry, regulators and researchers to build secure, trustworthy and resilient industrial systems for the future.
