This document presents specific characteristics of industrial internet platforms (IIPs), including related security threats, context-specific security control objectives and security controls.

This document covers specific security concerns in the industrial context and thus complements generic security standards and reference models. In particular, this document includes secure data collection and transmission among industrial devices, data security of industrial cloud platforms, and secure collaborations with various industry stakeholders.

The users of this document are organizations who develop, operate, or use any components of IIPs, including third parties who provide services to the abovementioned stakeholders.

This document provides recommendations for users on how to protect IIPs against IIP-specific threats.