Elastic Blockchain Security Solution for Edge Computing Supporting Mobile IoT Devices
Hameed Almubark, Ahmed Jedidi, Hamed Saffa Al-Raweshidy · 2024
When integrated, blockchain technology and cloud computing (EC) may improve security and protect data. However, when data is sent to EC, the Internet of Things (IoT) device layer cannot guarantee data security. As a result, in the IoT ecosystem, end users and IoT devices are susceptible to assaults. Additionally, as the number of IoT devices rises and generates a large quantity of data, especially in mobile IoT devices, security concerns rise dramatically. High security and privacy standards are necessary for industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications in order to safeguard data and guarantee that IoT devices may seamlessly switch to another network. By utilising its decentralised structure, consensus process, and encryption features, blockchain technology can offer a solution. However, because IIoT devices have limited resources, the encryption procedure might be complicated. Actually, in order to secure communication between IIoT devices and EC, this research suggests a new security mechanism built on blockchain technology. Additionally, two security tiers will be used by the Elastic Blockchain Security Solution (EBC) to create a dynamic system for mobile IIoT devices. To evaluate the EBC solution's effectiveness, scalability, and performance, as well as its consensus method and encryption capabilities, it was put into practice and tested in a number of scenarios