Conclusion and Future Work
In this article, we propose a multi-level DDoS mitigation framework for IIoT that includes an edge computing level, a fog computing level, and a cloud computing level. The edge computing level uses SDN-based IIoT gateways to manage and protect IIoT perception nodes. The fog computing level mainly consists of an IIoT management control unit. The IMCU uses a cluster of SDN controllers and applications to detect and counteract DDoS attacks. The cloud computing level employs big data and intelligent computing to analyze network traffic, which forms an intelligent attack detection and mitigation framework to defend against DDoS attacks. Simulation results are presented to show that a combination of edge computing’s quick response ability, fog computing’s state awareness ability, cloud computing’s powerful computing capability, and SDN’s networking programmability is promising to solve the DDoS attack problem in IIoT. Future work is in progress to consider blockchain technologies in the proposed framework.