Autonomous networking aims at the appropriate handling of the growing number of devices, machine, sensors and components for which authentication and authorization must be ensured, i.e., identities must exist. The initial provision of such identities, but also the handover and onboarding into the respective operational environment (WiFi, smart home, factory floor) require scalable, automated, end-to-end secured procedures and concepts to facilitate trusted communication, but also e.g., the provision of made-to-measure updates.
Making IoT/OT/IIoT identities and networks secure by design is essential. ACP (Autonomic Control Planes) and BRSKI (Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key Infrastructure) lay one foundation for achieving this.
