| Title | A nodal Authentication IoT Data Model for Heterogeneous Connected Sensor Nodes Within a Blockchain Network |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Asare, Bismark Tei, Quist-Aphetsi, Kester, Nana, Laurent, Simpson, Grace |
| Conference Name | 2021 International Conference on Cyber Security and Internet of Things (ICSIoT) |
| Keywords | authentication, blockchain, composability, data integrity, Data models, data privacy, Data security, Heterogeneous systems, Human Behavior, IoT Data Security, IoT security, Metrics, nodal authentication, Protocols, pubcrawl, public key cryptography, Resiliency |
| Abstract | Modern IoT infrastructure consists of different sub-systems, devices, applications, platforms, varied connectivity protocols with distinct operating environments scattered across different subsystems within the whole network. Each of these subsystems of the global system has its peculiar computational and security challenges. A security loophole in one subsystem has a directly negative impact on the security of the whole system. The nature and intensity of recent cyber-attacks within IoT networks have increased in recent times. Blockchain technology promises several security benefits including a decentralized authentication mechanism that addresses almost readily the challenges with a centralized authentication mechanism that has the challenges of introducing a single point of failure that affects data and system availability anytime such systems are compromised. The different design specifications and the unique functional requirements for most IoT devices require a strong yet universal authentication mechanism for multimedia data that assures an additional security layer to IoT data. In this paper, the authors propose a decentralized authentication to validate data integrity at the IoT node level. The proposed mechanism guarantees integrity, privacy, and availability of IoT node data. |
| DOI | 10.1109/ICSIoT55070.2021.00021 |
| Citation Key | asare_nodal_2021 |
A nodal Authentication IoT Data Model for Heterogeneous Connected Sensor Nodes Within a Blockchain Network