A Blockchain Solution for Enhancing Cybersecurity Defence of IoT

K. M. Giannoutakis, G. Spathoulas, C. K. Filelis-Papadopoulos, A. Collen, M. Anagnostopoulos, K. Votis, N. A. Nijdam

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Abstract

The growth of IoT devices during the last decade has led to the development of smart ecosystems, such as smart homes, prone to cyberattacks. Traditional security methodologies support to some extend the requirement for preserving privacy and security of such deployments, but their centralized nature in conjunction with low computational capabilities of smart home gateways make such approaches not efficient. Last achievements on blockchain technologies allowed the use of such decentralized architectures to support cybersecurity defence mechanisms. In this work, a blockchain framework is presented to support the cybersecurity mechanisms of smart homes installations, focusing on the immutability of users and devices that constitute such environments. The proposed methodology provides also the appropriate smart contracts support for ensuring the integrity of the smart home gateway and IoT devices, as well as the dynamic and immutable management of blocked malicious IPs. The framework has been deployed on a real smart home environment demonstrating its applicability and efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2020
Number of pages6
PublisherIEEE Signal Processing Society
Publication dateNov 2020
Pages490-495
Article number9284690
ISBN (Electronic)9780738104959
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020
Event3rd IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2020 - Virtual, Rhodes Island, Greece
Duration: 2 Nov 20206 Nov 2020

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2020
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityVirtual, Rhodes Island
Period02/11/202006/11/2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work is partially funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme through GHOST project (https://www.ghost-iot.eu/) under Grant Agreement No. 740923.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Cybersecurity
  • IoT
  • smart home

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