Encryption retransmission industrial internet of things (iiot) device for providing resiliency against attacks

An encryption retransmission Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) device for providing resiliency against attacks, the encryption retransmission IIoT device comprising:

• at least one sensor configured for generating at least one sensor data by detecting at least one variable associated with the encryption retransmission IIoT device;
• a processing unit communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor, wherein the processing unit is configured for analyzing the at least one sensor data for generating at least one analytics data for the at least one sensor data;
• a storage device communicatively coupled with the processing unit, wherein the storage device is configured for storing the at least one sensor data;
• a secondary processing unit communicatively coupled with the processing unit, wherein the secondary processing unit is configured for performing at least one administrative task associated with at least one of the processing unit and the at least one sensor, wherein the generating of the at least one sensor data and the analyzing of the at least one sensor data is based on the performing of the at least one administrative task;
• a network switch communicatively coupled with the processing unit, wherein the master switch comprises a plurality of ports;
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• a plurality of encryption retransmission devices connected with the network switch through the plurality of ports, wherein each of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices associated with each of the plurality of ports comprises at least one encryption unit and a communication unit communicatively coupled with the at least one encryption unit, wherein the network switch is configured for:
• identifying a first external device from a plurality of external devices based on at least one information, wherein the plurality of external devices is connected with a plurality of communication units of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices via a plurality of external encryption retransmission devices;
• identifying a first encryption retransmission device from the plurality of encryption retransmission devices based on the identifying of the first external device;
• and
• transferring the at least one analytics data to the first encryption retransmission device based on the identifying of the first encryption retransmission device, wherein the first encryption retransmission device comprises:
• at least one first encryption unit configured for:
• encrypting an egressing native packet comprising the at least one analytics data using at least one encryption key to create an encrypted egressing native packet based on the transferring of the at least one analytics data;
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• adding a connectionless header to the encrypted egressing native packet to form an egressing connectionless datagram;
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• a first communication unit communicatively coupled with the at least one first encryption unit, wherein the first communication unit is paired with a first external communication unit of the first external encryption retransmission device connected to the first external device, wherein the first communication unit is configured for:
• receiving the egressing connectionless datagram;
• and
• adding a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to the first external encryption retransmission device.

An encryption retransmission Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) device for providing resiliency against attacks, the encryption retransmission IIoT device comprising:

• at least one sensor configured for generating at least one sensor data by detecting at least one variable associated with the encryption retransmission IIoT device;
• at least one actuator configured for performing at least one operation associated with the encryption retransmission IIoT device based on at least one operation data;
• a processing unit communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor and the at least one actuator, wherein the processing unit is configured for:
• analyzing the at least one sensor data for generating at least one analytics data for the at least one sensor data;
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• generating the at least one operation data;
• a storage device communicatively coupled with the processing unit, wherein the storage device is configured for storing the at least one sensor data;
• a secondary processing unit communicatively coupled with the processing unit, wherein the secondary processing unit is configured for performing at least one administrative task associated with at least one of the processing unit and the at least one sensor, wherein the generating of the at least one sensor data and the analyzing of the at least one sensor data is based on the performing of the at least one administrative task;
• a network switch communicatively coupled with the processing unit, wherein the master switch comprises a plurality of ports;
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• a plurality of encryption retransmission devices connected with the network switch through the plurality of ports, wherein each of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices associated with each of the plurality of ports comprises at least one encryption unit and a communication unit communicatively coupled with the at least one encryption unit, wherein the network switch is configured for:
• identifying a first external device from a plurality of external devices based on at least one information, wherein the plurality of external devices is connected with a plurality of communication units of the plurality of encryption retransmission devices via a plurality of external encryption retransmission devices;
• identifying a first encryption retransmission device from the plurality of encryption retransmission devices based on the identifying of the first external device;
• and
• transferring the at least one analytics data to the first encryption retransmission device based on the identifying of the first encryption retransmission device, wherein the first encryption retransmission device comprises:
• at least one first encryption unit configured for:
• encrypting an egressing native packet comprising the at least one analytics data using at least one encryption key to create an encrypted egressing native packet based on the transferring of the at least one analytics data;
• and
• adding a connectionless header to the encrypted egressing native packet to form an egressing connectionless datagram;
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• a first communication unit communicatively coupled with the at least one first encryption unit, wherein the first communication unit is paired with a first external communication unit of the first external encryption retransmission device connected to the first external device, wherein the first communication unit is configured for:
• receiving the egressing connectionless datagram;
• adding a complex header to the egressing connectionless datagram for forming an egressing packet for delivery to the first external encryption retransmission device;
• receiving an ingressing packet comprising an encrypted ingressing native packet and a complex header from the first external encryption retransmission device;
• removing the complex header from the ingressing packet;
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• adding a connectionless header to the ingressing packet for forming an ingressing connectionless datagram, wherein the ingressing connectionless datagram comprises the encrypted ingressing native packet, wherein the at least one first encryption unit is further configured for:
• receiving the ingressing connectionless datagram comprising the ingressing encrypted native packet;
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• decrypting the encrypted ingressing native packet using the at least one encryption key to obtain an ingressing native packet, wherein the ingressing native packet comprises at least one first information, wherein the network switch is further configured for transferring the at least one first information to the processing unit based on the obtaining of the ingressing native packet, wherein the processing unit is configured for analyzing the at least one first information based on the transferring of the at least one first information, wherein the generating of the at least one operation data is further based on the analyzing of the at one first information.