A trustworthy multiparty authentication architecture for IIoT leveraging IOTA integration

Hussain Al-Aqrabi
,
Ahmed Manasrah
,
Tariq Alsboui
,
Samer Aoudi

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Open access

Abstract

The rapid adoption of developing technologies, particularly the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has raised significant security and privacy concerns. IIoT seeks to enhance industrial operations through the integration of specialised devices, primarily sensors, within the industrial environment. These sensors continuously monitor multiple processes while providing essential data to maintain proper functionality. However, safeguarding IIoT systems is especially complex because of the variety of devices, makers, and networks; the need for collaboration across several security domains; and the constraints of resource- constrained devices. Conventional security systems struggle to adapt, especially when users and services interact dynamically across several IoT networks. To address these issues, this research introduces a novel multi-party authentication architecture that enables secure and dynamic communication among participants from different security groups. The design enables the secure exchange of shared secrets for session authentication while protecting security credentials during resource access. One significant advance is the integration of IOTA distributed ledger technology (DLT) alongside IoT systems to enable multi-party authentication. Specifically, the IOTA Streams protocol is used to enable structured, secure, and scalable data sharing while maintaining data integrity, privacy, and authenticated access. The NuSMV model checker is employed to verify the effectiveness as well as security of the proposed authentication approach. It ensures fulfilment of security requirements and operational functionality.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 543-549 (7 pages)

Publication milestones

Accepted/In press - 21/03/2025
Published - 03/09/2025

Publication status

Published - 03/09/2025

Edition

Volume

2025

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

Publication series

Publication series name: IET conference proceedings.
ISSN (Print): 2732-4494

ISBN (Electronic)

9781837242634, 9781837243143, 9781837243150, 9781837243167, 9781837243235, 9781837243341, 9781837243358, 9781837246847, 9781837246854, 9781837247004, 9781837247011, 9781837247028, 9781837247035, 9781837247042, 9781837247271