Identity and Access Management for the Internet of Things

P. Renee Carnley, the Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences, Dakota State University, Madison, South Dakota 57042 USA, Houssain Kettani
2019 International Journal of Future Computer and Communication  
Organizations today gather unprecedented quantities of data from their operations. This data is coming from transactions made by a person or from a connected gadget. From personal devices to industry including government, the internet has become the primary means of modern communication, further increasing the need for a method to track and secure these devices. Protecting the integrity of connected devices collecting data is critical to ensure the trustworthiness of the system. An organization
more » ... must not only know the identity of the users on their networks and have the capability of tracing the actions performed by a user but they must trust the system providing them with this knowledge. To manage the vast number of devices and feel confident that a machine's identity is verifiable, companies need to deploy digital credentialing systems with a strong root of trust. Traditionally, this has been done with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) through the use of a smart card. Blockchain technologies combined with PKI can be utilized in such a way as to provide an identity and access management solution for the internet of things (IoT). Improvements to the security of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and various implementations of blockchain make viable options for managing the identity and access of IoT devices. Index Terms-Blockchain technology, cloud computing, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Internet of Things (IoT), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), smart card. summer of 2010. Dr. Kettani's research interests include computational science and engineering, high performance computing algorithms, information retrieval, network traffic characterization, number theory, robust control and optimization, and Muslim population studies. He presented his research in over seventy refereed conference and journal publications and his work received over five hundred citations by researchers all over the world. He chaired over hundred international conferences throughout the world and successfully secured external funding in millions of dollars for research and education from US federal agencies such as NSF, DOE, DOD, and NRC.
doi:10.18178/ijfcc.2019.8.4.554 fatcat:hiu5jk73hrhyxc7fkhfcnnucgu