Blockchain-Enabled Secure Industrial IoT Architecture for Smart Engineering Applications

  • Authors

    • N. Seshagiri Information Technology Pioneer, National Informatics Centre, India Author

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.67228/30716357/IJMRSE-2025PI4D9X

    Published 01-04-2025

  • Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Blockchain, Smart Engineering, Cybersecurity, Distributed Ledger Technology, Smart Contracts, Edge Computing, Industrial Automation, Industry 4.0, Secure Communication

    Issue

    Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025)

    Section

    Articles

    How to Cite

    Blockchain-Enabled Secure Industrial IoT Architecture for Smart Engineering Applications. (2025). International Journal of Modern Research in Science & Engineering, 8(1), 01-17. https://doi.org/10.67228/30716357/IJMRSE-2025PI4D9X

  • Abstract

    Industry 4.0 has accelerated the adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), enabling intelligent communication among industrial devices, edge systems, and cloud platforms for smart manufacturing. However, conventional centralized security approaches are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats, data tampering, and single-point failures. This paper proposes a secure blockchain-enabled IIoT architecture that integrates industrial sensing, edge computing, distributed ledger technology, cloud analytics, and intelligent decision-making. The framework employs device authentication, encrypted communication, decentralized consensus, smart contracts, and machine learning-based anomaly detection to enhance data integrity, secure information sharing, and cyber resilience. Experimental evaluation demonstrates improvements in communication security, authentication accuracy, transparency, scalability, latency, and throughput, making the proposed architecture a robust and scalable solution for secure next-generation smart engineering and industrial automation.

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