Gateway device and method for communication between an industrial automation facility and a remote server

A gateway device for communication between an industrial automation facility and a remote server, the gateway device comprising:

• a hybrid communication interface comprising a Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) client and Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)-based component;
• a memory to store a machine-readable instruction;
• and
• a processing unit having one or more processors, configured to invoke the machine-readable instruction for sending data from one or more Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and one or more Data Historians in the industrial automation facility to the remote server using the hybrid communication interface,
• wherein the hybrid communication interface is configured to:
• receive a request for an Authorization Token (AT) from at least one of the Data Historians and the one or more IoT Devices, and
• enable communication between at least one of the Data Historians and at least one of the IoT Devices, with one or more applications hosted on the remote server based on authentication of the AT request.