Software-Defined Security-by-Contract for Blockchain-Enabled MUD-Aware Industrial IoT Edge Networks

【Author】 Krishnan, Prabhakar; Jain, Kurunandan; Achuthan, Krishnashree; Buyya, Rajkumar

【Source】IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS

【影响因子】11.648

【Abstract】To ensure the proper functioning and performance of Industrial grade Internet of Things devices (IIoT) in Industry 4.0 networks, it is critical to identify the capabilities and malfunctions of their component devices (e.g., sensors, actuators, and controllers) and detect potential misbehavior arising due to cyber-attacks, and misconfiguration. We envision future IoT devices embed behavioral profiles through Security-by-Contract (SxC) that are easy to validate and verify against network security policies; manufacturers to provide manufacturer usage description (MUD) profiles as a manifest for the devices to signal to the network what sort of access and network functionality they require to properly function. We design authentication in the IoT onboarding process, employ blockchains to a verifiable and immutable repository to store this network manifests, that is signed and verifiable with SxC based smart contracts by the device manufacturer, or industry authority. The integrated framework combines blockchains and SxC security contracts, MUD-based behavioral fingerprinting, and software-defined-networking for managing the security of IIoT ecosystems. Finally, the proposed scheme is validated in a simulated IoT environment on various performance parameters.

【Keywords】Multiuser detection; Security; Industrial Internet of Things; Blockchain; Performance evaluation; Smart contracts; Industries; Behavioral Compliance; blockchain; industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); network security; software-defined-networking (SDN)

【发表时间】2022 OCT

【收录时间】2022-09-06

【文献类型】理论模型

【主题类别】

区块链技术-协同技术-物联网