A Survey on Blockchain for Information Systems Management and Security

Berdik, David; Otoum, Safa; Schmidt, Nikolas; Porter, Dylan; Jararweh, Yaser

doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2020.102397

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“…Blockchain can be applied in various application domains and sectors of our society, covering almost all aspects of business, industry, finance, and governance, among others. Surveys, such as [ 12 ], concentrate the works that address Blockchain applied to information systems and their security aspects. The work [ 13 ] studied the challenges and opportunities of using Blockchain as a database for IoT Apps.…”

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IoT Registration and Authentication in Smart City Applications with Blockchain

Ferreira

Garrocho

Oliveira

et al. 2021

Sensors

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The advent of 5G will bring a massive adoption of IoT devices across our society. IoT Applications (IoT Apps) will be the primary data collection base. This scenario leads to unprecedented scalability and security challenges, with one of the first areas for these applications being Smart Cities (SC). IoT devices in new network paradigms, such as Edge Computing and Fog Computing, will collect data from urban environments, providing real-time management information. One of these challenges is ensuring that the data sent from Edge Computing are reliable. Blockchain has been a technology that has gained the spotlight in recent years, due to its robust security in fintech and cryptocurrencies. Its strong encryption and distributed and decentralized network make it potential for this challenge. Using Blockchain with IoT makes it possible for SC applications to have security information distributed, which makes it possible to shield against Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS). IoT devices in an SC can have a long life, which increases the chance of having security holes caused by outdated firmware. Adding a layer of identification and verification of attributes and signature of messages coming from IoT devices by Smart Contracts can bring confidence in the content. SC Apps that extract data from legacy and outdated appliances, installed in inaccessible, unknown, and often untrusted urban environments can benefit from this work. Our work’s main contribution is the development of API Gateways to be used in IoT devices and network gateway to sign, identify, and authorize messages. For this, keys and essential characteristics of the devices previously registered in Blockchain are used. We will discuss the importance of this implementation while considering the SC and present a testbed that is composed of Blockchain Ethereum and real IoT devices. We analyze the transfer time, memory, and CPU impacts during the sending and processing of these messages. The messages are signed, identified, and validated by our API Gateways and only then collected for an IoT data management application.

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IoT Registration and Authentication in Smart City Applications with Blockchain

Ferreira

Garrocho

Oliveira

et al. 2021

Sensors

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“…Although a blockchain conceptually serves the same purpose as a traditional database, the approach to data storage used by blockchain is very different. In a blockchain, the data is shared on a network of computers that all run on a unique software that ensures that all data remains identical and synchronized across all devices 12,13 . The data in a blockchain is secured by using cryptography.…”

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A comprehensive review of blockchain applications in industrial Internet of Things and supply chain systems

Malik

Alkhatib

Sun

et al. 2021

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The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and supply chain systems have become one of the most important technologies to positively impact our daily life activities. Blockchain technology has recently gained popularity and it is increasingly being employed in a large number of applications and industries. The use cases for blockchain are growing rapidly in different fields and domains. Combining blockchain into IIoT and in our supply chain logistics could provide many solutions to the critical issues that current systems face today. Blockchain features such as immutability, decentralization, and data encryption are useful in solving the shortcomings of IIoT and the current supply chain systems security and integrity. This article presents a comprehensive review of blockchain applications in IIoT and supply chain systems. This article also focuses on the security aspects of blockchain integration within industry applications with the support of the emerging edge computing technology.

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“…For this purpose, distributed consensus mechanisms, e.g., proof of work and proof of stake, are used and provide an append only, verifiable record. Owing to the security of the blockchain system, crypto-currency systems employ blockchain as their infrastructure [ 28 , 29 , 30 ]. It is also being used in many other applications, e.g., financial transactions [ 31 ], proof of validity of documents [ 32 ], and IoT [ 33 ].…”

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Distributed Watchdogs Based on Blockchain for Securing Industrial Internet of Things

Lee

Kwon

2021

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The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) could enhance automation and analytics in industrial environments. Despite the promising benefits of IIoT, securely managing software updates is a challenging problem for those critical applications. This is due to at least the intrinsic lack of software protection mechanisms in legacy industrial systems. In this paper, to address the challenges in building a secure software supply chain for industrial environments, we propose a new approach that leverages distributed watchdogs with blockchain systems in protecting software supply chains. For this purpose, we bind every entity with a unique identity in the blockchain and employ the blockchain as a delegated authenticator by mapping every reporting action to a non-fungible token transfer. Moreover, we present a detailed specification to clearly define the behavior of systems and to apply model checking.

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A Survey on Blockchain for Information Systems Management and Security

Cited by 432 publications

References 44 publications

IoT Registration and Authentication in Smart City Applications with Blockchain

IoT Registration and Authentication in Smart City Applications with Blockchain

A comprehensive review of blockchain applications in industrial Internet of Things and supply chain systems

Distributed Watchdogs Based on Blockchain for Securing Industrial Internet of Things

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