Securing the Data Flow for Blockchain Technology in a Production Environment

Abstract

For several years, blockchain technology have been used and tested in various prototypes for production environments. The main focus of these approaches is the feasibility of different applications. It is usually simply assumed that data in a blockchain is stored immutably. However, the path from data generation to entry into a blockchain is usually neglected. Exactly this topic is discussed in this paper and a solution proposal for a secure data flow from the machine to the blockchain is presented. For this, the hardware and software architecture of the solution is shown, followed by measurements of the operational capability of the solution.