Blockchain for Information Security and Privacy

Distributed and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications are increasing daily, and cyberattacks are constantly adopting new mechanisms to threaten the security and privacy of users in these Internet of Things (IoT) environments. Blockchain, a decentralized cryptographic-based technology, is a promising element for IoT security in manufacturing, finance, healthcare, supply chain, identity management, e-governance, defence, education, banking, and trading. Blockchain has the potential to secure IoT through repetition, changeless capacity, and encryption.

Blockchain for Information Security and Privacy provides essential knowledge of blockchain usage in the mainstream areas of security, trust, and privacy in decentralized domains. This book is a source of technical information regarding blockchain-oriented software and applications. It provides tools to researchers and developers in both computing and software engineering to develop solutions and automated systems that can promote security, trust, and privacy in cyberspace.

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• Applying blockchain-based secured data management in confidential cyberdefense applications
• Securing online voting systems using blockchain
• Safeguarding electronic healthcare record (EHR) management using blockchain
• Impacting security and privacy in digital identity management
• Using blockchain-based security and privacy for smart contracts

By providing an overview of blockchain technology application domains in IoT (e.g., vehicle web, power web, cloud internet, and edge computing), this book features side-by-side comparisons of modern methods toward secure and privacy-preserving blockchain technology. It also examines safety objectives, efficiency, limitations, computational complexity, and communication overhead of various applications using blockchain. This book also addresses the combination of blockchain and industrial IoT. It explores novel various-levels of information sharing systems.

Udai Pratap Rao received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat in 2014. He is currently associated with S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering. His research interests include information security and privacy, location-based privacy, data mining, Big Data analytics, and distributed computing, and methodologies that promote interdisciplinary education.

Piyush Kumar Shukla is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in University Institute of Technology- Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (Technological University of Madhya Pradesh), Bhopal, M.P., India. He has around 15 years of experience in teaching and research. He has completed Post Doctorate Fellowship (PDF), "Information Security Education and Awareness Project Phase II.

Chandan Trivedi is working as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department. Prof Trivedi has more than 4 years of teaching experience. He received his B. Tech. degree in Computer Science Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University, Kota and M.Tech. in Computer Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat.

Sweta Gupta is working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science & Engineering of JLU-School of Engineering & Technology. She has an overall 10+ years of Academic as well as Industrial Experience.

Zelalem Sintayehu Shibeshi holds a PhD from Rhodes University (2016), a BSc in Physics (1989), Associate Degree in Computer Science (1999), and MSc in Information Science (2001), all from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.