There are several components that play a role in providing security to the IoT network, these are the Xage Security Gateway, Xage Broker, Optional Xage Client Agent and Xage Cloud:

-The Xage Security Gateway

The Xage Security Gateway connects to diverse IIoT edge devices, providing authentication and enforcement. Gateways form a Blockchain-secured fabric to store credentials and app data:

*Real-time operations independent of central connectivity

*Strength in numbers: Self-healing and mutually-protecting

*Industrial protocol support and device credential rotation

*Device lifecycle management, zero-touch provisioning

-Xage Broker

Deployed centrally, the Broker connects central services such as Active Directory with the edge fabric. It synchronizes credentials, certificates, policies and shared data between edge and center:

*Central control, decentralized autonomous edge operation

*Enables user & role based remote access with single sign-on

*Conduit for central data handling

-Optional Xage Client Agent

Deployed within an industrial device, the optional Client Agent allows the device to participate directly in the Xage Blockchain-secured IIOT fabric and lifecycle management system.

*Standards-based enrollment (EST, SCEP, via CoAP, HTTP)

*Low-power support

*Blockchain node: Increased security and tamper-proofing

*Xage Cloud

-The Xage Security Cloud

The Xage Security Cloud provides configuration, monitoring and single-pane-of-glass management of the Xage Suite, plus a central repository for shared app data.

*System orchestration, monitoring, audit & data repository

*Attack detection and alerting

*Independent O.T. identity-management system if required