UniquID: A Quest to Reconcile Identity Access Management and the IoT

Alberto Giaretta; Stefano Pepe; Nicola Dragoni

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29852-4_20

UniquID: A Quest to Reconcile Identity Access Management and the IoT

Alberto Giaretta^*, Stefano Pepe, Nicola Dragoni

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has caused a revolutionary paradigm shift in computer networking. After decades of human-centered routines, where devices were merely tools that enabled human beings to authenticate themselves and perform activities, we are now dealing with a device-centered paradigm: the devices themselves are actors, not just tools for people. Conventional identity access management (IAM) frameworks were not designed to handle the challenges of IoT. Trying to use traditional IAM systems to reconcile heterogeneous devices and complex federations of online services (e.g., IoT sensors and cloud computing solutions) adds a cumbersome architectural layer that can become hard to maintain and act as a single point of failure. In this paper, we propose UniquID, a blockchain-based solution that overcomes the need for centralized IAM architectures while providing scalability and robustness. We also present the experimental results of a proof-of-concept UniquID enrolment network, and we discuss two different use-cases that show the considerable value of a blockchain-based IAM.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 51st International Conference on Methods and Tools
Editors	Manuel Mazzara, Bertrand Meyer, Jean-Michel Bruel, Alexander Petrenko
Number of pages	15
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	1 Jan 2019
Pages	237-251
ISBN (Print)	9783030298517
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29852-4_20
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
Event	51st International Conference on Software Technology: Methods and Tools - Innopolis, Russian Federation Duration: 15 Oct 2019 → 17 Oct 2019 Conference number: 51

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Conference	51st International Conference on Software Technology
Number	51
Country/Territory	Russian Federation
City	Innopolis
Period	15/10/2019 → 17/10/2019

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11771 LNCS
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Blockchain
IAM
Identity management systems
Internet of Things
IoT
M2M
Machine-to-machine

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Giaretta, Alberto ; Pepe, Stefano ; Dragoni, Nicola. / UniquID : A Quest to Reconcile Identity Access Management and the IoT. Proceedings of 51st International Conference on Methods and Tools. editor / Manuel Mazzara ; Bertrand Meyer ; Jean-Michel Bruel ; Alexander Petrenko. Springer, 2019. pp. 237-251 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 11771 LNCS).

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Giaretta, A, Pepe, S & Dragoni, N 2019, UniquID: A Quest to Reconcile Identity Access Management and the IoT. in M Mazzara, B Meyer, J-M Bruel & A Petrenko (eds), Proceedings of 51st International Conference on Methods and Tools. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11771 LNCS, pp. 237-251, 51st International Conference on Software Technology, Innopolis, Russian Federation, 15/10/2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29852-4_20

UniquID: A Quest to Reconcile Identity Access Management and the IoT. / Giaretta, Alberto; Pepe, Stefano; Dragoni, Nicola.
Proceedings of 51st International Conference on Methods and Tools. ed. / Manuel Mazzara; Bertrand Meyer; Jean-Michel Bruel; Alexander Petrenko. Springer, 2019. p. 237-251 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 11771 LNCS).

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Giaretta A, Pepe S, Dragoni N. UniquID: A Quest to Reconcile Identity Access Management and the IoT. In Mazzara M, Meyer B, Bruel JM, Petrenko A, editors, Proceedings of 51st International Conference on Methods and Tools. Springer. 2019. p. 237-251. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 11771 LNCS). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-29852-4_20

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