Blockchain-Based Decentralized Access Control Framework for Enhanced Security and Privacy for Consumer Electronic Devices

Abstract

The rapid growth of increasingly pervasive smart devices with smart applications has contributed to numerous wireless security vulnerabilities in consumer electronics, which compromises the integrity of the entire network. Attacks frequently involve unauthorized access to inadequate wireless Internet of Things(IoT) based consumer electronic devices, information security lapses, and hence leakage of private and sensitive data occurs. Due to the centralized architecture of IoT networks, data security depends on the owners’ trust in the entities. With the potential advantages of blockchain technology, a distributed ledger eliminates the limitations of centralized architecture while establishing trust, privacy, and security with assured reliability. This paper proposes a smart contract-based decentralized Selective Ring-Role-based access control framework for real-time health monitoring in consumer electronic networks. The proposed framework incorporates off-chain AI-driven anomaly detection for reduced network load and latency. The experimental results show that the proposed smart contract framework is robust in proving the security and privacy of IoT-based consumer electronic networks with improved anomaly detection over the state-of-the-art methods.