BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEM
The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has revolutionized several industries (e.g., manufacturing, health, transport, education, among others) by allowing objects to connect to the Internet and, thus, enabling a variety of novel applications. In this sense, IoT devices have become an essential compon...
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| author | Juan Velandia Botello Andrés Pardo Mesa Fabián Ardila Rodríguez Daniel Díaz-López Pantaleone Nespoli Félix Gómez Mármol |
| author_facet | Juan Velandia Botello Andrés Pardo Mesa Fabián Ardila Rodríguez Daniel Díaz-López Pantaleone Nespoli Félix Gómez Mármol |
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| description | The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has revolutionized several industries (e.g., manufacturing, health, transport, education, among others) by allowing objects to connect to the Internet and, thus, enabling a variety of novel applications. In this sense, IoT devices have become an essential component of smart cities, allowing many novel and useful services, but, at the same time, bringing numerous cybersecurity threats. The paper at hand proposes BlockSIEM, a blockchain-based and distributed Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution framework for the protection of the aforementioned smart city services. The proposed SIEM relies on blockchain technology to securely store and access security events. Such security events are generated by IoT sentinels that are in charge of shielding groups of IoT devices. The IoT sentinels may be deployed in smart city scenarios, such as smart hospitals, smart transport systems, smart airports, among others, ensuring a satisfactory level of protection. The blockchain guarantees the non-repudiation and traceability of the registry of security events due to its features. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach, our proposal is implemented using Ethereum and validated through different use cases and experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7dbe311276564672896cd6a920609af32023-11-20T10:29:10ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-08-012016463610.3390/s20164636BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEMJuan Velandia Botello0Andrés Pardo Mesa1Fabián Ardila Rodríguez2Daniel Díaz-López3Pantaleone Nespoli4Félix Gómez Mármol5Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá 111166, ColombiaEscuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá 111166, ColombiaEscuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá 111166, ColombiaUniversidad del Rosario, School of Engineering, Science and Technology, Bogotá, 111711, ColombiaFaculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainFaculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainThe Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has revolutionized several industries (e.g., manufacturing, health, transport, education, among others) by allowing objects to connect to the Internet and, thus, enabling a variety of novel applications. In this sense, IoT devices have become an essential component of smart cities, allowing many novel and useful services, but, at the same time, bringing numerous cybersecurity threats. The paper at hand proposes BlockSIEM, a blockchain-based and distributed Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution framework for the protection of the aforementioned smart city services. The proposed SIEM relies on blockchain technology to securely store and access security events. Such security events are generated by IoT sentinels that are in charge of shielding groups of IoT devices. The IoT sentinels may be deployed in smart city scenarios, such as smart hospitals, smart transport systems, smart airports, among others, ensuring a satisfactory level of protection. The blockchain guarantees the non-repudiation and traceability of the registry of security events due to its features. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach, our proposal is implemented using Ethereum and validated through different use cases and experiments.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/16/4636smart cityIoT securityblockchainSIEMintrusion detection system |
| spellingShingle | Juan Velandia Botello Andrés Pardo Mesa Fabián Ardila Rodríguez Daniel Díaz-López Pantaleone Nespoli Félix Gómez Mármol BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEM Sensors smart city IoT security blockchain SIEM intrusion detection system |
| title | BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEM |
| title_full | BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEM |
| title_fullStr | BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEM |
| title_full_unstemmed | BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEM |
| title_short | BlockSIEM: Protecting Smart City Services through a Blockchain-based and Distributed SIEM |
| title_sort | blocksiem protecting smart city services through a blockchain based and distributed siem |
| topic | smart city IoT security blockchain SIEM intrusion detection system |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/16/4636 |
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