Leveraging Blockchain Technology for Robust Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoT) Systems: Challenges and Solutions

Authors

  • Ghayth AL Mahadin, Mohammad O. Hiari, Sumaya Alkhatib, Nidal Turab

Keywords:

- Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain Technology, Decentralization, Network Architecture, Data Integrity, Privacy

Abstract

Supply chain management, healthcare, agriculture, smart cities, smart homes, and other industries have benefited from the real-time and sophisticated sensing capabilities that the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought to the field. This technology's intrinsic promise is highlighted by its exponential expansion across several application sectors. However, IoT has to be built on a flexible network architecture with strong support for security, privacy, and trust in order to reach its full potential. Concurrently, Blockchain (BC) technology has surfaced as a groundbreaking solution providing resilience, transparency, anonymity, decentralisation, and independent management. IoT applications raise serious security and privacy issues, and integrating IoT with BC technology is thought to be a potential way to overcome these issues.  In order to improve security and privacy, this study aims to investigate the smooth integration of BC technology with IoT systems. This research suggests a revolutionary framework to guarantee safe and effective integration, which incorporates techniques like the gateway procedure and sensor devices. A range of security services within IoT systems would be enabled by the proposed architecture, which also seeks to solve current blockchain issues.  This research evaluates the feasibility of many BC platforms in meeting the needs of diverse IoT applications and provides a thorough grasp of those requirements. Using the resources and data from current processes, an extra immutable ledger is produced by utilizing the benefits of blockchain technology.  The findings show that blockchain considerably improves security and privacy on IoT systems, offering a reliable solution for a range of IoT applications. It is emphasized in the findings that combining BC technology with IoT not only solves current security issues but also opens up fresh and creative use-cases, eventually maximizing the potential of IoT systems.

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09.07.2024

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Ghayth AL Mahadin. (2024). Leveraging Blockchain Technology for Robust Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoT) Systems: Challenges and Solutions. International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 12(22s), 1123 –. Retrieved from https://www.ijisae.org/index.php/IJISAE/article/view/6640

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Vol. 12 No. 22s (2024)

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Research Article

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