Management and Monitoring of IoT Devices Using Blockchain ^†

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Information Security
• Distributed Systems

Background:

• The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices necessitates robust management and security solutions.
• Existing enterprise network management faces challenges in security, efficiency, and data integrity.
• Blockchain technology offers potential solutions for enhanced security and immutability in data management.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose and evaluate an improved architecture for managing and monitoring IoT devices using a private blockchain.
• To enhance the security, efficiency, and reliability of IoT device configuration management in enterprise networks.
• To leverage blockchain's immutability for secure storage and straightforward recovery of device configuration history.

Main Methods:

• Development of a system primarily based on chaincode for managing IoT device configurations.
• Implementation of Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) operations, encryption, and access control within the chaincode.
• Storing device configuration files on the blockchain and managing their dissemination to IoT devices.

Main Results:

• Demonstrated the feasibility of securing the dissemination of configuration changes to IoT devices using blockchain.
• The system successfully stores device configuration files on the blockchain, ensuring immutability and auditability.
• Notifications of successful setup are recorded, providing administrators with a clear history of configuration changes.

Conclusions:

• The proposed private blockchain architecture offers a novel and effective solution for distributed management of IoT device configurations.
• The solution significantly improves security, storage options, and recovery capabilities for IoT device configurations in enterprise settings.
• Utilizing blockchain technology enhances the overall resilience and trustworthiness of IoT device management systems.