Systems and methods for an internet of things device registry

An apparatus comprising:

• a device registration request circuit structured to interpret a registration for one or more Brownfield devices;
• an Internet of Things Universal Identification (IoT UID) generation circuit structured to generate, based at least in part on the registration request, an IoT UID for each of the one or more Brownfield devices, wherein the IoT UID comprises one or more hashes corresponding to:
• a meta identity component, a service identity component, a network identity component, and a physical identity component;
• a record management circuit structured to associate each of the one or more Brownfield devices with a distinct IoT UID of the one or more IoT UIDs;
• and
• an IoT UID provisioning circuit structured to transmit the IoT UID for each of the one or more Brownfield devices.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that adapt at least one processor to:

• interpret a registration request for one or more Brownfield devices;
• generate, based at least in part on the registration request, an IoT UID for each of the one or more Brownfield devices, wherein the IoT UID comprises one or more hashes corresponding to:
• a meta identity component, a service identity component, a network identity component, and a physical identity component;
• associate each of the one or more Brownfield devices with a distinct IoT UID of the one or more IoT UIDs in one or more records;
• and
• transmit the IoT UID for each of the one or more Brownfield devices.