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A blockchain future for internet of things security: a position paper

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Banerjee, Mandrita, Lee, Junghee, Choo, Kim-Kwang Raymond·2018·Digital Communications and Networks

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Internet of Things (IoT) devices are increasingly being found in civilian and military contexts, ranging from smart cities and smart grids to Internet-of-Medical-Things, Internet-of-Vehicles, Internet-of-Military-Things, Internet-of-Battlefield-Things, etc. In this paper, we survey articles presenting IoT security solutions published in English since January 2016. We make a number of observations, including the lack of publicly available IoT datasets that can be used by the research and practitioner communities. Given the potentially sensitive nature of IoT datasets, there is a need to develop a standard for sharing IoT datasets among the research and practitioner communities and other relevant stakeholders. Thus, we posit the potential for blockchain technology in facilitating secure sharing of IoT datasets (e.g., using blockchain to ensure the integrity of shared datasets) and securing IoT systems, before presenting two conceptual blockchain-based approaches. We then conclude this paper with nine potential research questions.

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  • The green cluster groups authors studying the potentials of blockchain for securing the security and privacy of IoT transactions and information sharing.

    “The green cluster groups all authors belonging to the same area of research and studying the potentials of blockchain for securing the security and privacy of IoT transactions and information sharing (Banerjee et al. 2018; Khan and Salah 2018; Makhdoom et al. 2020; Xu et al. 2018).”

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Authors
Banerjee, M., Lee, J., & Choo, K.-K. R.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
Corresponding author
Choo, Kim-Kwang Raymond
Venue
Digital Communications and Networks
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-08
Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
149-160
ISSN
2352-8648 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2765928069
Cited by
585
References
154
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 99 · 2021: 97 · 2020: 92 · 2019: 83 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 1
FWCI
105.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Digital Communications and Networks (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Internet of Things and AI
Keywords
Internet of Things security, blockchain, IoT datasets, data sharing, data integrity, smart cities, Internet of Medical Things, smart grid

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