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Audit logs are one of the most important tools for transparently tracking system events and maintaining continuous oversight in corporate organizations and enterprise business systems. There are many cases where the audit logs contain…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Vikas Srivastava , Paresh Baidya , Sihem Mesnager , Debasish Roy , Sumit Kumar Debnath

Logs contain critical information about the quality of the rendered services on the Cloud and can be used as digital evidence. Hence, we argue that the critical nature of logs calls for immutability and verification mechanism without the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-22 William Pourmajidi , Lei Zhang , John Steinbacher , Tony Erwin , Andriy Miranskyy

We propose BlockLot, a blockchain based verifiable lottery. BlockLot provides transparent, immutable, fair, and verifiable lottery services enhanced by recent blockchain technologies such as append-only (replicated) distributed ledger and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Yongrae Jo , Chanik Park

With the rapid development of the Internet of things (IoT), more and more IoT devices are connected and communicate frequently. In this background, the traditional centralized security architecture of IoT will be limited in terms of data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-21 Ziqing Guo , Hua Zhang , Xin Zhang , Zhengping Jin , Qiaoyan Wen

A blockchain-based framework for distributed agile software testing life cycle is an innovative approach that uses blockchain technology to optimize the software testing process. Previously, various methods were employed to address…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Muhammad Shoaib Farooq , Fatima Ahmed

Blockchain is a type of decentralized distributed database. Unlike traditional relational database management systems, it does not require management or maintenance by a third party. All data management and update processes are open and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Jiaqi Huang , Yuanzheng Niu , Xiaoqi Li , Zongwei Li

The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a design of a blockchain-based system, which produces a verifiable record of achievements. Such a system has a wide range of potential benefits for students, employers and higher education…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-07 Bakri Awaji , Ellis Solaiman , Lindsay Marshall

In the next few years, Blockchain will play a central role in IoT as a technology. It enables the traceability of processes between multiple parties independent of a central instance. Blockchain allows to make the processes more…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-03-31 Kirill Loisha , Javad Ghofrani , Dirk Reichelt

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are capable of allowing for far-reaching access to and evaluation of patient data to monitor health and diagnose from a distance. An electronic healthcare system that checks patient data, prepares medicines…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Mehrzad Mohammadi , Reza Javan , Mohammad Beheshti-Atashgah , Mohammad Reza Aref

We investigate the tamper-resistant property of Blockchain and its effectiveness for IoT systems. In particular, we implemented an IoT testbed, and built a Blockchain into the testbed. A number of tamper-resistance experiments were…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-11 Guangsheng Yu , Ren Ping Liu , J. Andrew Zhang , Y. Jay Guo

Blockchain is a form of distributed ledger technology (DLT) where data is shared among users connected over the internet. Transactions are data state changes on the blockchain that are permanently recorded in a secure and transparent way…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Amirmohammad Pasdar , Zhongli Dong , Young Choon Lee

Blockchain scalability can be complicated and costly. As enterprises begin to adopt blockchain technology to solve business problems, there are valid concerns if blockchain applications can support the transactional demands of production…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-25 Grant Chung , Luc Desrosiers , Manav Gupta , Andrew Sutton , Kaushik Venkatadri , Ontak Wong , Goran Zugic

While the smart surveillance system enhanced by the Internet of Things (IoT) technology becomes an essential part of Smart Cities, it also brings new concerns in security of the data. Compared to the traditional surveillance systems that is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Deeraj Nagothu , Ronghua Xu , Seyed Yahya Nikouei , Yu Chen

As an emerging service framework built by combining cryptography, P2P network, consensus mechanism and innovative contract technology, blockchain has been widely used in digital finance, data sharing, message traceability and electronic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Wenwen Zhou , Dongyang Lyu , Xiaoqi Li

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly complex and autonomous, concerns over transparency and accountability have intensified. The "black box" problem in AI decision-making limits stakeholders' ability to understand,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Afroja Akther , Ayesha Arobee , Abdullah Al Adnan , Omum Auyon , ASM Johirul Islam , Farhad Akter

In an era of increasing concerns over intellectual property rights, traditional peer review systems face challenges including plagiarism, malicious attacks, and unauthorized data access. BeerReview, a blockchain-enabled peer review…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Guodong Jin , Zihan Zhou , Wenzheng Tang , Kanglei Yu , Hao Xu , Erwu Liu

Despite Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have reduced the information asymmetry and increased the degree of interorganizational collaboration, the companies participating a supply chain are less inclined to share data when…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-06-09 Francesco Longo , Letizia Nicoletti , Antonio Padovano , Gianfranco d'Atri , Marco Forte

Efficiency and security have become critical issues during the development of the long-range (LoRa) system for Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. The centralized work method in the LoRa system, where all packages are processed and kept…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Lu Hou , Kan Zheng , Zhiming Liu , Xiaojun Xu

The food supply chain has a number of challenges, including a lack of transparency and disengagement among stakeholders. By providing a transparent and traceable digital ledger of transactions and movements for all supply chain actors,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Narayan Subramanian , Atharva Joshi , Daksh Bagga

Blockchain is a distributed database which is cryptographically protected against malicious modifications. While promising for a wide range of applications, current blockchain platforms rely on digital signatures, which are vulnerable to…