Mthethwa, Sthembile N2023-10-062023-10-062023-08Mthethwa, S.N. 2023. Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Through Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards. <i>Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 768.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/10204/131282367-33702367-3389https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42317-8_10http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13128The tremendous growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices calls for a way for manufacturers to standardise the newly created devices for security purposes. As these devices are getting smaller and smaller so does the computational power in them. The resource constraints introduced by the devices eliminate some of the cryptographic features that can be performed by these devices. Thus, developers are looking for a secure method for automating processes and exchanging information in real-time. With that, new technologies like distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) introduce a promising solution for enabling large-scale IoT applications in a decentralized and autonomous manner. Therefore, this work aims to investigate the integration of DLTs and IoT to create a safe and secure environment for IoT devices whilst being aware of the constraints brought by these devices. In this paper, a proposed solution is presented that adopts emerging standards introduced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), to ensure an internationally recognisable system and platform.Fulltexten-USDistributed Ledger TechnologiesDLTsIoT devicesInternet of ThingsIoTWorld Wide Web ConsortiumW3CArticleMthethwa, S. N. (2023). Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Through Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards. <i>Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 768</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13128Mthethwa, Sthembile N "Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Through Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards." <i>Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 768</i> (2023) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13128Mthethwa SN. Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Through Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 768. 2023; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13128.TY - Article AU - Mthethwa, Sthembile N AB - The tremendous growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices calls for a way for manufacturers to standardise the newly created devices for security purposes. As these devices are getting smaller and smaller so does the computational power in them. The resource constraints introduced by the devices eliminate some of the cryptographic features that can be performed by these devices. Thus, developers are looking for a secure method for automating processes and exchanging information in real-time. With that, new technologies like distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) introduce a promising solution for enabling large-scale IoT applications in a decentralized and autonomous manner. Therefore, this work aims to investigate the integration of DLTs and IoT to create a safe and secure environment for IoT devices whilst being aware of the constraints brought by these devices. In this paper, a proposed solution is presented that adopts emerging standards introduced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), to ensure an internationally recognisable system and platform. DA - 2023-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 768 KW - Distributed Ledger Technologies KW - DLTs KW - IoT devices KW - Internet of Things KW - IoT KW - World Wide Web Consortium KW - W3C LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2023 SM - 2367-3370 SM - 2367-3389 T1 - Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Through Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards TI - Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Devices Through Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13128 ER -27125