TY - GEN
T1 - Integrating Hardware Security into a Blockchain-Based Transactive Energy Platform
AU - Saha, Shammya Shananda
AU - Gorog, Christopher
AU - Moser, Adam
AU - Scaglione, Anna
AU - Johnson, Nathan G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) Defense University Research-to-Adoption (DURA) Initiative under award number N00014-18-1-2393.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/4/11
Y1 - 2021/4/11
N2 - This applied research paper introduces a novel framework for integrating hardware security and blockchain functionality with grid-edge devices to establish a distributed cyber-security mechanism that verifies the provenance of messages both from and to the devices. Expanding the idea behind Two Factor Authentication and Hardware Root of Trust, this work describes the development of a Cryptographic Trust Center™ (CTC™) chip integrated into grid-edge devices to create uniform cryptographic key management. Product managers, energy system designers, and security architects can utilize this modular framework as a unified approach to manage distributed devices of various vendors, vintages, and sizes. Results demonstrate the application of CTC™ to a blockchain-based Transactive Energy (TE) platform for provisioning of cryptographic keys and improved uniformity of the operational network and data management. This process of configuring, installing, and maintaining keys is described as Eco-Secure Provisioning™(esp™). Laboratory test results show the approach can resolve several cyber-security gaps in common blockchain frameworks such as Hyperledger Fabric.
AB - This applied research paper introduces a novel framework for integrating hardware security and blockchain functionality with grid-edge devices to establish a distributed cyber-security mechanism that verifies the provenance of messages both from and to the devices. Expanding the idea behind Two Factor Authentication and Hardware Root of Trust, this work describes the development of a Cryptographic Trust Center™ (CTC™) chip integrated into grid-edge devices to create uniform cryptographic key management. Product managers, energy system designers, and security architects can utilize this modular framework as a unified approach to manage distributed devices of various vendors, vintages, and sizes. Results demonstrate the application of CTC™ to a blockchain-based Transactive Energy (TE) platform for provisioning of cryptographic keys and improved uniformity of the operational network and data management. This process of configuring, installing, and maintaining keys is described as Eco-Secure Provisioning™(esp™). Laboratory test results show the approach can resolve several cyber-security gaps in common blockchain frameworks such as Hyperledger Fabric.
KW - Blockchain
KW - Cyber-Security
KW - Distributed Ledger
KW - Hardware Integration
KW - Key Management
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U2 - 10.1109/NAPS50074.2021.9449802
DO - 10.1109/NAPS50074.2021.9449802
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85113394936
T3 - 2020 52nd North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2020
BT - 2020 52nd North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 52nd North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2020
Y2 - 11 April 2021 through 13 April 2021
ER -