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Enhancing Data Security for Cloud Computing Applications through Distributed Blockchain-based SDN Architecture in IoT Networks
Blockchain (BC) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are some of the most
prominent emerging technologies in recent research. These technologies provide
security, integrity, as well as confidentiality in their respective
applications. Cloud computing has also been a popular comprehensive technology
for several years. Confidential information is often shared with the cloud
infrastructure to give customers access to remote resources, such as
computation and storage operations. However, cloud computing also presents
substantial security threats, issues, and challenges. Therefore, to overcome
these difficulties, we propose integrating Blockchain and SDN in the cloud
computing platform. In this research, we introduce the architecture to better
secure clouds. Moreover, we leverage a distributed Blockchain approach to
convey security, confidentiality, privacy, integrity, adaptability, and
scalability in the proposed architecture. BC provides a distributed or
decentralized and efficient environment for users. Also, we present an SDN
approach to improving the reliability, stability, and load balancing
capabilities of the cloud infrastructure. Finally, we provide an experimental
evaluation of the performance of our SDN and BC-based implementation using
different parameters, also monitoring some attacks in the system and proving
its efficacy.Comment: 12 Pages 16 Figures 3 Table
On the Integration of Blockchain and SDN: Overview, Applications, and Future Perspectives
Blockchain (BC) and software-defined networking (SDN) are leading technologies which have recently found applications in several network-related scenarios and have consequently experienced a growing interest in the research community. Indeed, current networks connect a massive number of objects over the Internet and in this complex scenario, to ensure security, privacy, confidentiality, and programmability, the utilization of BC and SDN have been successfully proposed. In this work, we provide a comprehensive survey regarding these two recent research trends and review the related state-of-the-art literature. We first describe the main features of each technology and discuss their most common and used variants. Furthermore, we envision the integration of such technologies to jointly take advantage of these latter efficiently. Indeed, we consider their group-wise utilization—named BC–SDN—based on the need for stronger security and privacy. Additionally, we cover the application fields of these technologies both individually and combined. Finally, we discuss the open issues of reviewed research and describe potential directions for future avenues regarding the integration of BC and SDN. To summarize, the contribution of the present survey spans from an overview of the literature background on BC and SDN to the discussion of the benefits and limitations of BC–SDN integration in different fields, which also raises open challenges and possible future avenues examined herein. To the best of our knowledge, compared to existing surveys, this is the first work that analyzes the aforementioned aspects in light of a broad BC–SDN integration, with a specific focus on security and privacy issues in actual utilization scenarios
On the Convergence of Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies
The Internet of Things (IoT) technology will soon become an integral part of
our daily lives to facilitate the control and monitoring of processes and
objects and revolutionize the ways that human interacts with the physical
world. For all features of IoT to become fully functional in practice, there
are several obstacles on the way to be surmounted and critical challenges to be
addressed. These include, but are not limited to cybersecurity, data privacy,
energy consumption, and scalability. The Blockchain decentralized nature and
its multi-faceted procedures offer a useful mechanism to tackle several of
these IoT challenges. However, applying the Blockchain protocols to IoT without
considering their tremendous computational loads, delays, and bandwidth
overhead can let to a new set of problems. This review evaluates some of the
main challenges we face in the integration of Blockchain and IoT technologies
and provides insights and high-level solutions that can potentially handle the
shortcomings and constraints of both IoT and Blockchain technologies.Comment: Includes 11 Pages, 3 Figures, To publish in Journal of Strategic
Innovation and Sustainability for issue JSIS 14(1
Security and Privacy for Green IoT-based Agriculture: Review, Blockchain solutions, and Challenges
open access articleThis paper presents research challenges on security and privacy issues in the field of green IoT-based agriculture. We start by describing a four-tier green IoT-based agriculture architecture and summarizing the existing surveys that deal with smart agriculture. Then, we provide a classification of threat models against green IoT-based agriculture into five categories, including, attacks against privacy, authentication, confidentiality, availability, and integrity properties. Moreover, we provide a taxonomy and a side-by-side comparison of the state-of-the-art methods toward secure and privacy-preserving technologies for IoT applications and how they will be adapted for green IoT-based agriculture. In addition, we analyze the privacy-oriented blockchain-based solutions as well as consensus algorithms for IoT applications and how they will be adapted for green IoT-based agriculture. Based on the current survey, we highlight open research challenges and discuss possible future research directions in the security and privacy of green IoT-based agriculture
On the Integration of Blockchain and SDN: Overview, Applications, and Future Perspectives
Blockchain (BC) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are leading
technologies which have recently found applications in several network-related
scenarios and have consequently experienced a growing interest in the research
community. Indeed, current networks connect a massive number of objects over
the Internet and in this complex scenario, to ensure security, privacy,
confidentiality, and programmability, the utilization of BC and SDN have been
successfully proposed. In this work, we provide a comprehensive survey
regarding these two recent research trends and review the related
state-of-the-art literature. We first describe the main features of each
technology and discuss their most common and used variants. Furthermore, we
envision the integration of such technologies to jointly take advantage of
these latter efficiently. Indeed, we consider their group-wise utilization --
named BC-SDN -- based on the need for stronger security and privacy.
Additionally, we cover the application fields of these technologies both
individually and combined. Finally, we discuss the open issues of reviewed
research and describe potential directions for future avenues regarding the
integration of BC and SDN.
To summarize, the contribution of the present survey spans from an overview
of the literature background on BC and SDN to the discussion of the benefits
and limitations of BC-SDN integration in different fields, which also raises
open challenges and possible future avenues examined herein. To the best of our
knowledge, compared to existing surveys, this is the first work that analyzes
the aforementioned aspects in light of a broad BC-SDN integration, with a
specific focus on security and privacy issues in actual utilization scenarios.Comment: 42 pages, 14 figures, to be published in Journal of Network and
Systems Management - Special Issue on Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers in
Network and Service Managemen
Internet of Things From Hype to Reality
The Internet of Things (IoT) has gained significant mindshare, let alone attention, in academia and the industry especially over the past few years. The reasons behind this interest are the potential capabilities that IoT promises to offer. On the personal level, it paints a picture of a future world where all the things in our ambient environment are connected to the Internet and seamlessly communicate with each other to operate intelligently. The ultimate goal is to enable objects around us to efficiently sense our surroundings, inexpensively communicate, and ultimately create a better environment for us: one where everyday objects act based on what we need and like without explicit instructions
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