Название: Security and Trust Issues in Internet of Things: Blockchain to the Rescue
Автор: Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Bharat Bhushan, Bhuvan Unhelkar
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2021
Страниц: 345
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 11.2 MB

The purpose of this edited book is to present and showcase the basic fundamentals, applications, and integration of both IoT and Blockchain. The trend of applying Blockchain to IoT is rapidly growing because it helps to overcome various challenges faced by IoT, from smart manufacturing to unmanned aerial vehicles.

Thise book aims to showcase the basics of both IoT and Blockchain as well as the integration and challenges for existing practitioners. Thise book initiates conversations among technologists, engineers, scientists, and clinicians to synergize their efforts in producing low-cost, high-performance, highly efficient, deployable IoT systems.

The recent advancements in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) have enabled the promotion of conventional computer-aided industry toward becoming smart industries that are powered by data-driven decision-making. In this paradigm shift, Internet of Things (IoT) plays a vital role in connecting the cyberspace of computing systems and the physical industrial environment. IoT aims to improve production throughput and operation efficiency and to mitigate the machine downtime. Decentralization of IoT systems, heterogeneity of IoT data, diversity of systems and IoT devices, and network complexity are the characteristic features of IoT. Owing to the massiveness of IoT and inadequate data security, the impact of security breaches may turn out to be humongous, leading to severe impacts. In addition to connecting devices, IoT connects people and other entities, thereby making every IoT component vulnerable to a large range of attacks.

Blockchain, a tamper-resistant and distributed ledger that maintains consistent data records at different locations, has the capability to address IoT security concerns. Owing to the fault-tolerance capabilities, decentralized architecture, and cryptographic security benefits such as authentication, data integrity, and pseudonymous identities, security analysts and researchers consider blockchain in resolving privacy and security issues of IoT. Apart from providing data security solutions to IoT, blockchain also encounters numerous inherent IoT challenges such as limited computing power, massive numbers of devices, error-prone radio links, and low communication bandwidth. In addition, blockchain is used in identity management, voting, healthcare, government records, and supply chain. Blockchain finds application in various economic sectors to build trust and has been applied successfully to digital cryptocurrencies. Hence, blockchain technology in today’s world is becoming an emerging and disruptive future technology providing numerous opportunities to various industries.

Thise book is theory-based and is useful for engineers from various disciplines, including industrial engineering, computer science, electronics, telecommunications, electrical, agricultural, and cybersecurity, along with researchers, professionals, and students.