Enabling Secure Data Exchange through the IOTA Tangle for IoT Constrained Devices

Carelli, Alberto; Palmieri, Andrea; Vilei, Antonio; Castanier, Fabien; Vesco, Andrea

doi:10.3390/s22041384

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“…Each transaction on the MAM channel has a reference to the next transaction address, which links all the transactions on that channel. However, each MAM mode has a different way of working to access the new transaction address as illustrated below: [42][43][44]. MAM works mainly in three modes: public, private, and restricted.…”

Section: Iota Tangle: a Dag Blockchainmentioning

confidence: 99%

PUFchain 3.0: Hardware-Assisted Distributed Ledger for Robust Authentication in Healthcare Cyber–Physical Systems

Bathalapalli,

Mohanty,

Kougianos

et al. 2024

Sensors

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This article presents a novel hardware-assisted distributed ledger-based solution for simultaneous device and data security in smart healthcare. This article presents a novel architecture that integrates PUF, blockchain, and Tangle for Security-by-Design (SbD) of healthcare cyber–physical systems (H-CPSs). Healthcare systems around the world have undergone massive technological transformation and have seen growing adoption with the advancement of Internet-of-Medical Things (IoMT). The technological transformation of healthcare systems to telemedicine, e-health, connected health, and remote health is being made possible with the sophisticated integration of IoMT with machine learning, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and other technologies. As healthcare systems are becoming more accessible and advanced, security and privacy have become pivotal for the smooth integration and functioning of various systems in H-CPSs. In this work, we present a novel approach that integrates PUF with IOTA Tangle and blockchain and works by storing the PUF keys of a patient’s Body Area Network (BAN) inside blockchain to access, store, and share globally. Each patient has a network of smart wearables and a gateway to obtain the physiological sensor data securely. To facilitate communication among various stakeholders in healthcare systems, IOTA Tangle’s Masked Authentication Messaging (MAM) communication protocol has been used, which securely enables patients to communicate, share, and store data on Tangle. The MAM channel works in the restricted mode in the proposed architecture, which can be accessed using the patient’s gateway PUF key. Furthermore, the successful verification of PUF enables patients to securely send and share physiological sensor data from various wearable and implantable medical devices embedded with PUF. Finally, healthcare system entities like physicians, hospital admin networks, and remote monitoring systems can securely establish communication with patients using MAM and retrieve the patient’s BAN PUF keys from the blockchain securely. Our experimental analysis shows that the proposed approach successfully integrates three security primitives, PUF, blockchain, and Tangle, providing decentralized access control and security in H-CPS with minimal energy requirements, data storage, and response time.

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Section: Iota Tangle: a Dag Blockchainmentioning

confidence: 99%

PUFchain 3.0: Hardware-Assisted Distributed Ledger for Robust Authentication in Healthcare Cyber–Physical Systems

Bathalapalli,

Mohanty,

Kougianos

et al. 2024

Sensors

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“…Studying the importance of security on data sharing technologies, the authors of [23] researched available methodologies of data transmission such as Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS), and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The proposed solution is based on a combination of the IOTA Tangle and the L2Sec protocol to enhance security during data sharing.…”

Section: Data Sharing Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Product Passports as Enablers of Digital Circular Economy: a Framework based on Technological Perspective

Voulgaridis¹,

Λάγκας²,

Angelopoulos³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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<p>Taking into consideration the rise of Industry 5.0 (I5.0), more and more solutions are being developed, aiming towards increased environmental consciousness through advanced technologies, and human centricity. Digital Product Passports (DPPs) constitute a novel technological solution that can enable the transition toward a digital Circular Economy (CE) and sustainable I5.0, as digital identities that are assigned to physical products, capable of tracing their lifecycles through data such as their technical specifications, usage instructions, and repair and maintenance information. Although the respective research community has started providing a thorough analysis of DPPs potential to constitute a CE enabler, their technical requirements are still unclear. As part of our contribution to this issue, we propose a fundamental CE framework with integrated DPP characteristics, capable of being adapted in different sector stages for the generation and distribution of DPPs both for stakeholders and consumers. The corresponding solution is further supported through a systematic literature review that follows a technological approach to the DPPs implementation.</p>

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“…Although the benefits of DLT for IIoT are highlighted several times in the literature [ 22 , 71 ], DLTs are still not common in today’s factories, as they are often associated with high computational load. Nevertheless, the convergence of DLT and IIoT is to be expected, and research is being conducted on technologies focusing on the constraint resources of IoT and IIoT devices.…”

Section: Comprehensive Overview Over Possible Use Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, the convergence of DLT and IIoT is to be expected, and research is being conducted on technologies focusing on the constraint resources of IoT and IIoT devices. Especially, DLT IOTA is to be mentioned in this context [ 22 , 71 , 72 ], among others, because of its low computational overhead. IOTA is even in discussion to become a machine-to-machine communication standard, according to [ 73 ].…”

Section: Comprehensive Overview Over Possible Use Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Commissioning of Distributed Systems in the Industrial Internet of Things

Rosenberger

Selig

Ristić

et al. 2023

Sensors

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With the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) in Industry 4.0, edge computing is increasingly relevant in the context of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). While the use of simulation is already the state of the art in almost every engineering discipline, e.g., dynamic systems, plant engineering, and logistics, it is less common for edge computing. This work discusses different use cases concerning edge computing in IIoT that can profit from the use of OT simulation methods. In addition to enabling machine learning, the focus of this work is on the virtual commissioning of data stream processing systems. To evaluate the proposed approach, an exemplary application of the middleware layer, i.e., a multi-agent reinforcement learning system for intelligent edge resource allocation, is combined with a physical simulation model of an industrial plant. It confirms the feasibility of the proposed use of simulation for virtual commissioning of an industrial edge computing system using Hardware-in-the-Loop. In summary, edge computing in IIoT is highlighted as a new application area for existing simulation methods from the OT perspective. The benefits in IIoT are exemplified by various use cases for the logic or middleware layer using physical simulation of the target environment. The relevance for real-life IIoT systems is confirmed by an experimental evaluation, and limitations are pointed out.

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Enabling Secure Data Exchange through the IOTA Tangle for IoT Constrained Devices

Cited by 21 publications

References 30 publications

PUFchain 3.0: Hardware-Assisted Distributed Ledger for Robust Authentication in Healthcare Cyber–Physical Systems

PUFchain 3.0: Hardware-Assisted Distributed Ledger for Robust Authentication in Healthcare Cyber–Physical Systems

Digital Product Passports as Enablers of Digital Circular Economy: a Framework based on Technological Perspective

Virtual Commissioning of Distributed Systems in the Industrial Internet of Things

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