Editorial: Industrial Internet: Security, Architectures, and Technologies

Industrial Internet is applicable across a broad industrial spectrum including manufacturing, aviation, road and rail transport, power, oil and gas, healthcare, smart cities and buildings. Some of the major impacts of the Industrial Internet include the development of new and innovative services and products, which in turn also has economic benefits. The purpose of this special issue is to bring together research studies proposing novel techniques, algorithms, models, and solutions to address challenges such as interoperability, security, and privacy associated with Industrial Internet, blockchain and Cyber-physical systems. We accepted seven articles after two review rounds consisting of three reviews from experts in the areas. The special issue contains seven articles organized in the following categories. 1) Secure searching for edge-cloud assisted industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices. 2) Privacy protection framework for mobile crowdsensing in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). 3) Content privacy for autonomous vehicles in cyberphysical system (CPS). 4) Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism in blockchain. 5) Balancing privacy and accountability for industrial mortgage management. 6) Performance and security in wireless blockchain networks. 7) False data injection attacks in networked control systems.