Guest Editors
Dr. Chuan Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Dr. Jinwen Liang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Prof. Ximeng Liu, Fuzhou University, China
Dr. Bowen Zhao, Guangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, China
Summary
The Internet of Things (IoT) has dramatically developed in recent years. Massive data is generated and collected with the deployment of various IoT devices, which contains the considerable value in many fields, such as smart healthcare and transportation. However, due to constrained resources and distributed architecture, IoT systems are also suffering from severe security and trust problems. With public consensus, blockchain is a promising technique to deal with the above problems in IoT systems. This emerging paradigm, known as the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things, can provide multiple desirable characteristics to IoT systems, such as data integrity and traceability. Recently, the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things has attracted extensive attention from both academia and industrial communities.
Despite the great success, the inherent properties (such as transparency and immutability) of the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things also introduce new security and privacy concerns to users, especially considering various data regulations, such as GDPR. For example, transparency means that the data is accessible to all users, violating the right to restriction of processing of users. Also, the immutability of blockchain hinders the right to be forgotten, which may lead to the spread of improper data. Currently, there is a great need to make a balance between these challenging problems and the advantages of the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things.
Keywords
This Special Issue aims to explore recent advances that address fundamental and practical challenges related to security and privacy in the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things. High-quality original research and review articles in this area are expected. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Secure data sharing mechanisms in the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things;
Secure data analysis mechanisms in the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things;
User trust and incentive mechanisms in the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things;
Privacy-enhanced technologies for in the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things;
Controllable redaction in the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things;
Cyber attacks in the blockchain-empowered Internet of Things;
Design and deployment of novel and secure blockchain-empowered Internet of Things systems
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