Assessing Cyberattacks Against Wireless Networks of the Next Global Internet of Things Revolution: Industry 4.0

Abstract

Historically, technology advances and increase in productivity led to revolutionary societal changes and industrial development. The first industrial revolution created machines to replace hand work and invented steam engine to decrease hard labor. The ambitious engineer thought catalyzed the second industrial revolution, electrification increased the working hours and assembly lines enhanced mass production in the beginning of the twentieth century. While its second part witnessed a real breakthrough in computer engineering, and industrial automation spread exponentially taking over the manual controls; cyberspace ensured global digital communication, mobile connection, and e-commerce. Electronics and internet technologies created the thirst industrial revolution. The beginning of the XXI century is operating with such realities as Internet of Things, Robotics, Virtual Reality, Cyber Warfare, and Industry 4.0.