Abstract: Trusted virtual process execution contexts using secure distributed ledger are disclosed herein. An example system can be configured to determine an allowable state for an IoT endpoint node of the IoT endpoint nodes, the allowable state having one or more trusted parameters for the IoT endpoint node; hashing the one or more trusted parameters of the allowable state for the IoT endpoint node into a parameter hash; store the hashed, trusted parameters along with the parameter hash; hashed, trusted and provision the one or more trusted elements with the one or more trusted parameters for the IoT endpoint node when the one or more trusted parameters are verified.

Abstract: Systems and methods for security of industrial data streams are provided herein. Methods according to various embodiments include provisioning a fogNode that is communicatively coupled with a fog cloud manager through a forwarder of the fogNode and providing a fogLet within the fogNode, the fogLet communicating with a plurality of operational technology devices. Embodiments include providing fogLet identification information using hardware root of trust of the fogNode, the hardware root of trust of the fogNode being a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) of the fogNode. Embodiments further comprise communicating operational device authentication information with fogLet identification information to a third party tenant application, the third party tenant application validating industrial data streams from the operational technology devices by communicating the operational device authentication information with the fogLet identification information to a third party cloud application.

Abstract: Provided herein are exemplary systems and methods for an architecture for converged industrial control and real time applications, the architecture comprising a physical network port, a switching module, an embedded ARM core, a network interface controller, and a multi-core computing module. According to further exemplary embodiments, the physical network port is an ethernet port capable of supporting a real-time field bus. The switching module may be configured to support a multiport ethernet switch. The switching module may also be configured to enable a backplane mesh to interconnect multiple foglets. Additionally, the embedded ARM core may be within the switching module, and the embedded ARM core may be configured to support virtualization.

Abstract: Adaptive scheduling of compute functions in a fog network is described herein. An example method includes synchronizing kernel and hypervisor scheduling of applications used to control one or more edge devices using a global schedule, wherein the global schedule comprises timeslots for applications, and adapting the timeslots in real-time or near real-time based on application-based time related feedback that is indicative of time delays.

Abstract: According to some exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to a secure edge datastream processing and distribution system comprising a trusted datastream with metadata indicating ownership and access rights added at an edge. Further embodiments include sensors, machines or robots sending sensor data attributes to a fog operating system data pipeline, the fog operating system data pipeline sending dynamic data tags to secure containers and/or the fog operating system data pipeline sending role and org assignment data to secure containers. The secure containers may send correlated edge analytics to an authorization policy engine, and/or the secure containers may send datastream identification definition data to an authorization policy engine.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are enhancements for operating an input/output (I/O) management cluster with end I/O devices. In one implementation, a method of operating an I/O cluster includes, in a first I/O management node of the I/O management cluster, executing a first application to manage data for an I/O device communicatively coupled via at least one switch to the first I/O management node. The method further provides identifying a failure in the first I/O management node related to processing the data for the I/O device and, in response to the failure, configuring the at least one switch to communicate the data for the I/O device with a second I/O management node of the I/O management cluster. The method also includes, in the second I/O management node and after configuring the at least one switch, executing a second application to manage the data for the I/O device.

Abstract: Enterprise grade security for integrating multiple computing domains with a public cloud is provided herein. An example system a forwarder that provides one-way data publishing to a public cloud and a data bus that provides domain-to-domain messaging between a plurality of domains. At least one of the plurality of domains includes operational technology infrastructure devices and operational technology virtual machines. The operational technology virtual machines are communicatively coupled to the operational technology infrastructure devices using one or more operational technology switches. The operational technology switches isolates the operational technology infrastructure devices and facilitates one-way communication and prevents bidirectional communication to the operational technology infrastructure devices from the public cloud.

Abstract: Provided herein are exemplary systems and methods for a fog computing facilitated flexible factory including establishing a physical production process as part of a work cell, establishing a sensing process as part of the work cell for the physical production process, establishing a monitoring process for the sensing process and the physical production process, establishing a managing process for the monitoring process, the sensing process and the physical production process, establishing a planning process for the managing process, the monitoring process, the sensing process and the physical production process, and establishing a fog node as part of the work cell for all of the processes.