Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the promising technologies that has attracted a lot
of attention in both industrial and academic fields these years. It aims to integrate seamlessly …

Internet of things (IoT) is a world wide network and set of paradigms that are intended to
allow communications between anything, anytime and anywhere. However, connected …

Designing a secure permissionless distributed ledger (blockchain) that performs on par with
centralized payment processors, such as Visa, is a challenging task. Most existing …

The proliferation of smart devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) networks creates significant
security challenges for the communications between such devices. Blockchain is a …

Since the inception of Bitcoin, a plethora of distributed ledgers differing in design and
purpose has been created. While by design, blockchains provide no means to securely …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical objects or “things” implanted
with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity to allow them to exchange data with …

Software-update mechanisms are critical to the security of modern systems, but their
typically centralized design presents a lucrative and frequently attacked target. In this work …

As Internet of Things (IoT) involvement increases in our daily lives, several security and
privacy concerns like linkability, unauthorized conversations, and side-channel attacks are …

Reliable identity management and authentication are significant for network security. In
recent years, as traditional centralized identity management systems suffer from security and …

Data sharing has become of primary importance in many domains such as big-data
analytics, economics and medical research, but remains difficult to achieve when the data …