The following figure explains the Industrial Demilitarized Zone in detail:
In between the enterprise zone and systems and the Industrial zone lies the Industrial Demilitarized Zone or IDMZ. Much like a traditional (IT) DMZ, the OT-oriented IDMZ allows you to securely connect networks with different security requirements.
The IDMZ is the result of the efforts taken to create security standards such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and NERC CIP. The IDMZ is an information sharing layer between the business or IT systems in levels 4 and 5 and the production or OT systems in levels 3 and lower. By preventing ...