Security Audit of a Blockchain-Based Industrial Application Platform
- In recent years, both the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies have been highly influential and revolutionary. IoT enables companies to embrace Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which benefits from communication and connectivity to reduce cost and to increase productivity through sensor-based autonomy. These automated systems can be further refined with smartIn recent years, both the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies have been highly influential and revolutionary. IoT enables companies to embrace Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which benefits from communication and connectivity to reduce cost and to increase productivity through sensor-based autonomy. These automated systems can be further refined with smart contracts that are executed within a blockchain, thereby increasing transparency through continuous and indisputable logging. Ideally, the level of security for these IoT devices shall be very high, as they are specifically designed for this autonomous and networked environment. This paper discusses a use case of a company with legacy devices that wants to benefit from the features and functionality of blockchain technology. In particular, the implications of retrofit solutions are analyzed. The use of the BISS:4.0 platform is proposed as the underlying infrastructure. BISS:4.0 is intended to integrate the blockchain technologies into existing enterprise environments. Furthermore, a security analysis of IoT and blockchain present attacks and countermeasures are presented that are identified and applied to the mentioned use case.…
Document Type: | Article (reviewed) |
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Zitierlink: | https://opus.hs-offenburg.de/5215 | Bibliografische Angaben |
Title (English): | Security Audit of a Blockchain-Based Industrial Application Platform |
Author: | Jan Stodt, Daniel Schönle, Christoph Reich, Fatemeh Ghovanlooy GhajarORCiDGND, Dominik WelteStaff MemberORCiD, Axel SikoraStaff MemberORCiDGND |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Publisher: | MDPI |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 21 |
Parent Title (English): | Algorithms |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 4 |
ISSN: | 1999-4893 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/a14040121 |
URN: | https://urn:nbn:de:bsz:ofb1-opus4-52152 |
Language: | English | Inhaltliche Informationen |
Institutes: | Forschung / ivESK - Institut für verlässliche Embedded Systems und Kommunikationselektronik |
Fakultät Elektrotechnik, Medizintechnik und Informatik (EMI) (ab 04/2019) | |
Institutes: | Bibliografie |
DDC classes: | 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft / 000 Allgemeines, Wissenschaft / 004 Informatik |
GND Keyword: | Blockchain; IT-Sicherheit; Industrie 4.0 |
Tag: | blockchain; distributed ledger; legacy machines; maintenance; shop floor | Formale Angaben |
Open Access: | Open Access |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |