Guest Editors
Dr. Kadiyala Ramana, Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India.
Dr. Thippa Reddy Gadekallu, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Dr. Mamoun Alazab, Charles Darwin University, Australia.
Summary
The
Internet of Things (IoT) enables the collection of massive amounts of data from
our natural and artificial environments, which can be converted into
information that can be utilized to better understand and regulate the
processes that underpin our civilization. For example, we can use data
collected from industrial equipment to predict when maintenance is required; we
can use data collected from vehicles and transportation infrastructure to
eliminate traffic congestion and accidents; we can use connected home equipment
to run our households more efficiently; and we can use connected medical
devices to care for the growing number of elderly people remotely. All of this
potential, however, is only attainable if we can trust the data collected from
the environment via the Internet of Things, which ultimately necessitates its
security. Another critical issue is avoiding the Internet of Things becoming a
large monitoring system that can be abused to jeopardize the privacy of
citizens who rely on its services.
Indeed,
IoT has a dual effect on the current state of cyber security. To begin,
cyberspace-based attacks can now be directed towards IoT systems and embedded
IoT devices that interact with our physical world. Thus, cyber-attacks may have
physical effects ranging from the destruction of expensive equipment to the
disruption of critical services, and even death. Second, networked IoT devices
can be converted into a sizable attack infrastructure that can be utilized to
assault cyberspace systems and services. For example, botnets comprised of
millions of IoT devices set the bar for the most intense DDoS attacks against
popular Internet-based services ever recorded. Additionally, IoT systems
frequently collect data from which sensitive personal information such as daily
routines, location, or health problems of human users might be extracted. As a
result, inappropriate treatment and disclosure of these data might result in
widespread privacy violations.
Blockchain
technology is a promising technique for securing and privacy-protecting
restricted IoT Systems and Applications. Unlike conventional security methods,
which are concerned with the path that data takes, blockchain is concerned with
the protection of the data itself, enabling immutability and authenticity. This
distinguishes blockchain as an ideal contender for IoT security and privacy, as
the majority of IoT data is transmitted across numerous and susceptible
pathways connecting scattered IoT devices.
This
Special Issue addresses the innovative developments, technologies and
challenges related to blockchain, security, privacy and intelligence for the
IoT Systems and Applications.
Keywords
• Blockchain-based security and privacy for IoT Systems and Applications
• Security and privacy challenges and solutions in various IoT application domains using Blockchain
• Security architectures, protocols, and mechanisms for IoT systems using blockchain
• Security design and analysis methods tailored to IoT systems and applications using Blockchain
• Physical attacks on and countermeasures for IoT devices
• Privacy-enhancing technologies for IoT systems using Blockchain
• Emerging trends and new directions in security and privacy of IoT systems and applications.
• Blockchain and AI for IoT Systems and Applications
• Mobile blockchain for IoT Systems and Applications
• Evaluation and experimental analysis of blockchain IoT applications
• Blockchain, security and privacy for the Internet of Vehicles
• Blockchain, security, privacy and AI for IoT healthcare systems
• Blockchain and AI for smart cities, smart homes, smart health and industrial IoT
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