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Entitlement-based access control for smart cities using blockchain
journal contribution
posted on 2021-09-22, 00:08 authored by Fariza SabrinaFariza Sabrina, Julian Jang-JaccardSmart cities use the Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as connected sensors, lights, and meters to collect and analyze data to improve infrastructure, public utilities, and services. However, the true potential of smart cities cannot be leveraged without addressing many security concerns. In particular, there is a significant challenge for provisioning a reliable access control solution to share IoT data among various users across organizations. We present a novel entitlement-based blockchain-enabled access control architecture that can be used for smart cities (and for any application domains that require large-scale IoT deployments). Our proposed entitlement-based access control model is flexible as it facilitates a resource owner to safely delegate access rights to any entities beyond the trust boundary of an organization. The detailed design and implementation on Ethereum blockchain along with a qualitative evaluation of the security and access control aspects of the proposed scheme are presented in the paper. The experimental results from private Ethereum test networks demonstrate that our proposal can be easily implemented with low latency. This validates that our proposal is applicable to use in the real world IoT environments.
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Volume
21Issue
16Start Page
1End Page
26Number of Pages
26eISSN
1424-8220ISSN
1424-8220Publisher
MDPIPublisher DOI
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Additional Rights
CC BY 4.0Language
enPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- Yes
Acceptance Date
2021-07-29External Author Affiliations
Massey University, NZEra Eligible
- Yes