Enhancing Security and Scalability in IoT Networks Applying Blockchain Technology

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Abstract

Security and privacy have become increasingly important with the ever-increasing number of new IoT devices joining the global internet. This paper proposes a blockchain-based architecture for enhancing scalable security in IoT networks. We leverage smart contracts to implement access control terms onto the blockchain. Specifically, the smart contract implements two authorization levels for managing administrators and devices in IoT networks. The implemented prototype has been deployed and tested on the Ganache Blockchain network. The smart contract manages the administrators and devices following the defined terms that only authorized entities can access and make changes to the system. The implemented smart contract took 28.79 s to add 1,024 edge devices, with 31,364,892 gas units spent. Our approach offers decentralised scalability and security solutions for IoT networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 21st International Conference, CDVE 2024, Proceedings
EditorsYuhua Luo
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages265-277
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783031713149
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event21st International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering, CDVE 2024 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 15 Sep 202418 Sep 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume15158 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering, CDVE 2024
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period15/09/2418/09/24

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • IoT access control
  • Network architecture
  • Scalable security
  • Smart contracts

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