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Security Framework

1.4

1: Overview

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

The ‘IIC Vocabulary’ [IIC-IIV2016] provides terminology and definitions for this document and
other IIC documents. All acronyms are listed in Annex E and are hyperlinked in the text, marked
with dotted underlines.
The document refers to multiple standards’ development organizations most commonly known
by their acronyms. These include International Standards Organization (ISO), Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC),
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) or National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

1.5

CONVENTIONS

Given that the document is non-normative, all ‘must’, ‘may’ and ‘should’ statements are to be
interpreted as English language and not as in RFC 2119 [IETF-RFC2119].

1.6

RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER IIC DOCUMENTS

The ‘Industrial Internet of Things, Volume G4: Security Framework’ (IISF) is one of many
framework documents that extend from the IIRA [IIC-IIRA2016]. It provides a cohesive view of
security behavior across the IIRA reference architecture viewpoints.

Figure 1-1: IIC Technical Publication Organization

As shown by ❶ in Figure 1-1 the IISF is part of a series of documents covering Security, Safety
and Privacy issues. The IISF addresses security specifically as a key system characteristic and cross
cutting concerns of an IIoT as described by ❷. This figure also shows how other documents
extend from the IISF in covering security related issues in the respective areas.
Security design and implementation issues are covered in each of the technology specific
documents (“T” series), such as the Connectivity framework, indicated by ❸. Specific security
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