CPPJ

Cybersecurity Pedagogy and Practice Journal

Volume 5

V5 N2 Pages 104-116

Oct 2026


Federated Learning and Edge Computing for Privacy-Preserving Real-Time Predictive Maintenance in Industrial IoT Systems


Kiran Kumar Vejendla
City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA USA

Kyong (Jin) Chang
City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA USA

Sherin Aly
City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA USA

Brian Maeng
City University of Seattle
Seattle, WA USA

Abstract: This paper presents a framework involving Federated Learning (FL) and Edge computing (EC) (FL-EC) to achieve privacy-preserving and real-time predictive maintenance in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. FL reduces the privacy risk by training machine learning models on local edge-devices without the transmission of sensitive data, whereas EC executes data nearer to the source decreasing latency and increasing responsiveness. The FL-EC framework demonstrates high accuracy, F1-score, and recall compared to traditional centralized models, establishing its utility for real-time fault detection. Scalability is also provided by the framework, making the system effective to support different and heterogeneous edge devices. FL-EC helps to solve the most important problems of traditional IIoT systems by maintaining data confidentiality and limiting latency. The research also contrasts FL-EC with the available literature and shows that it can be applied practically in the automotive and oil and gas industry as well as in industries where real-time monitoring and maintenance are essential. The results indicate that FL-EC has the potential to achieve significant cost-saving and efficiency improvement in industry. The future research must aim at improving federated learning algorithms, solving the non-IID data problem, and enabling the optimization of edge devices to be better performing and customized, which will guarantee a wider application in IIoT settings.

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Recommended Citation: Vejendla, K., Chang, K., Aly, S., Maeng, B., (2026). Federated Learning and Edge Computing for Privacy-Preserving Real-Time Predictive Maintenance in Industrial IoT Systems. Cybersecurity Pedagogy and Practice Journal 5(2) pp 104-116. https://doi.org/10.62273/GPYS1669