A Lightweight Access Control Scheme with Attribute Policy for Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Things

Syed Sajid Ullah, Vladimir Oleshchuk, Harsha Pussewalage

2023

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution has increased the number of connected devices, leading to new security challenges. One of these challenges is the management of access control for these devices. Traditional access control methods may not be able to address these challenges effectively. This paper proposes attribute-based access control (ABAC) for the blockchain-enabled Internet of Things (BE-IoT). ABAC allows access to be granted or denied based on the attributes of the user or device requesting access rather than relying on a central authority to manage access control information. This allows for more flexible and dynamic access control policies that can adapt to changing situations and minimize the risk of unauthorized access. Blockchain technology provides a secure and transparent way to manage access control information for IoT devices. Blockchain is a decentralized and distributed ledger allowing secure and tamper-proof information storage. By storing access control information on the blockchain, it can be shared across a network of devices transparently and securely. The authors conduct a security analysis to evaluate and compare the proposed scheme to existing schemes. The analysis results indicate that the proposed scheme has the advantage of using minimal computation time and communication overhead compared to previous solutions. The authors suggest that the ABAC scheme using blockchain combined with a lightweight Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptosystem (HCC) is well suited for secure deployment in IoT.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sajid Ullah S., Oleshchuk V. and Pussewalage H. (2023). A Lightweight Access Control Scheme with Attribute Policy for Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Things. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT; ISBN 978-989-758-666-8, SciTePress, pages 528-539. DOI: 10.5220/0012138900003555

in Bibtex Style

@conference{secrypt23,
author={Syed Sajid Ullah and Vladimir Oleshchuk and Harsha Pussewalage},
title={A Lightweight Access Control Scheme with Attribute Policy for Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Things},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT},
year={2023},
pages={528-539},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012138900003555},
isbn={978-989-758-666-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT
TI - A Lightweight Access Control Scheme with Attribute Policy for Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Things
SN - 978-989-758-666-8
AU - Sajid Ullah S.
AU - Oleshchuk V.
AU - Pussewalage H.
PY - 2023
SP - 528
EP - 539
DO - 10.5220/0012138900003555
PB - SciTePress