Inter-network communication

A method comprising:

• receiving, from a second node in a second network, a request for modifying an attribute of an industrial asset on a first node in a first network, wherein the attribute of the industrial asset is sourced from one or more control systems associated with the industrial asset to monitor and manage the industrial asset;
• authenticating the request received by the second node to ascertain compliance of the second node with a predefined protocol for permitting the second node to modify the attribute of the industrial asset;
• generating, in response to the authentication of the request, an attribute modification signal permitting the modification of the attribute of the industrial asset;
• and
• transmitting the attribute modification signal to the first node instructing the first node to modify the attribute of the industrial asset.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions being executable by a processing resource to:

• transmit, from within an information technology network (ITN), a first request for modifying an attribute of an industrial asset, the industrial asset being monitored and managed from within an operational technology network (OTN), the first request comprising an input parameter indicative of a modified attribute of the industrial asset;
• receive an acknowledgment message indicative of an authentication status of the request for compliance or non-compliance of the first request with a predefined protocol permitting the modification of the attribute;
• re-transmit, from within the information technology network (ITN), a second request for modifying the attribute in response to the acknowledgement message indicating the non-compliance of the first request, the second request having been revised over the first request attribute of the industrial asset for compliance of the second request with the predefined protocol permitting the modification of the attribute;
• and
• receive, in response to compliance of the second request with the predefined protocol permitting the modification of the attribute, an acknowledgement log for the industrial asset, the acknowledgement log comprising an indication of acceptance of the second request and the modified attribute for the industrial asset.