Patent ID: 11888739
Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing an industrial network comprising:
detecting presence of a new industrial device in an industrial network;
in response to determining, by an authentication service, that the new industrial device is authorized to participate in the industrial network,
determining attributes and industrial function of the of the new industrial device;
identifying, based on the attributes of the new industrial device and the industrial function, at least one resource required by the new industrial device to perform the industrial function; and
provisioning a network path to the at least one resource to enable the new industrial device to perform the industrial function in the industrial network; and

determining, by a cybersecurity controller, at least one cybersecurity policy applicable to the new industrial device, wherein the at least one cybersecurity policy requires that the new industrial device be authenticated by the authentication service.