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- Secure data exchange in IIoTPublication . Sukiasyan, Anna; Pedrosa, TiagoIndustrial Internet of Things (IIoT) plays a central role for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In the scope of Industry 4.0 many specialists of the field are working together towards implementing large scalable, reliable and secure Industrial environments. However, existing environments are lacking security standards and have limited resources per component which results in various security britches such as trust in between the components, partner factories or remote control units with the system. Due to the resilience and it’s security properties, combining blochchain-based solutions with IIoT environments is gaining popularity. Despite that, chain-structured classic blockchain solutions are extremely resource-intensive and are not suitable for power-constrained IoT devices. To mitigate the security challenges presented above a secure architecture is proposed by using a DAG-structured asynchronous blockchain which can provide system security and transactions efficiency at the same time. Use-cases and sequence diagrams were created to model the solution and a security threat analysis of the architecture is made. Threat analysis is performed based on STRIDE methodology and provides us in depth understanding how our security architecture mitigates the threats and reveals also open challenges. The results are robust, supported by extensive security evaluation, which foster future development over the proposed architecture. Therefore, the contributions made are valid, and as the architecture is generic, will be possible to deploy it in diverse custom industrial environments. The flexibility of the architecture will allow incorporation of future hardware and software development in the field.
- Secure data exchange in Industrial Internet of ThingsPublication . Sukiasyan, Anna; Badikyan, Hasmik; Pedrosa, Tiago; Leitão, PauloThe use of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) is widespread, working as an enabler to implement large, scalable, reliable, and secure industrial environments. Although existing deployments do not meet security standards and have limited resources for each component which leads to several security breaches, such as trust between components, partner factories, or remote-control. These security failures can lead to critical outcomes, from theft of production information to forced production stoppages, accidents, including physical and others. The combination of blockchain-based solutions with IIoT environments is gaining momentum due to their resilience and security properties. However, chain-structured classic blockchain solutions are very resource-intensive and are not suitable for power-constrained IoT devices. To mitigate the mentioned security concerns, a secure architecture is proposed using a structured asynchronous blockchain DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) that simultaneously provides security and transaction efficiency for the solution. The solution was modelled with special details in the use cases and sequence diagrams. Security concerns were integrated from the start, and a threat model was created using the STRIDE approach to test the security of the proposed solution. As a result, a flexible solution was been developed that significantly reduces the attack vectors in IIoT environments. The proposed architecture is versatile and flexible, is supported by an extensive security assessment, which allows it to be deployed in a variety of customizable industrial environments and scenarios, as well as to include future hardware and software extensions.
- Towards a secure data exchange in IIoTPublication . Sukiasyan, Anna; Badikyan, Hasmik; Pedrosa, Tiago; Leitão, PauloIndustrial Internet of Things (IIoT) plays a central role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with many specialists working towards implementing large scalable, reliable and secure industrial environments. However, existing environments are lacking security standards and have limited resources per component which results in various security breaches, e.g., trust in between the components, partner factories or remote control units with the system. Due to the resilience and its security properties, combining blockchain-based solutions with IIoT environments is gaining popularity. Despite that, chain-structured classic blockchain solutions are extremely resource-intensive and are not suitable for power-constrained IoT devices. To mitigate the referred security challenges, a secure architecture is proposed by using a DAG-structured asynchronous blockchain that can provide system security and transactions efficiency at the same time. Use-cases and sequence diagrams were created to model the solution. The achieved results are robust, supported by an extensive security evaluation, which foster future developments over the proposed architecture. Therefore, as the proposed architecture is generic and flexible, its deployment in diverse customized industrial environments and scenarios, as well as the incorporation of future hardware and software, is possible.