The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that Ruipeng Zhang will present Doctoral research titled, Advancing IoT Security through Blockchain-based Decentralized Platform and AI-Powered Digital Forensics on 03/06/2023 at 10:00-12:00 in ECS 313G. Everyone is invited to attend.
Computational Science
Chair: Mengjun Xie
Co-Chair:
Abstract:
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, from smartphones, smart thermostats to smart home security systems, is revolutionizing our society and daily lives. However, it also has posed significant challenges to IoT security and forensics. To tackle those challenges, we design innovative solutions to enhancing IoT security and accelerating investigation of cybersecurity incidents by leveraging recent technological advancements in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI). First, we propose an IoT service platform, called DISP, to improve the security and interoperability of IoT systems. DISP utilizes consortium blockchain technology to transform centralized, insecure IoT communications into decentralized, secure, and traceable IoT services. Second, we develop novel techniques to tackle the new challenges in IoT forensics. To address scalability and data volatility challenges in large-scale mobile forensics, we design and develop a scalable remote live forensics system, named ReLF, for live extraction of digital artifacts from Android devices. To address the heterogeneity and volume of IoT data in forensics, we propose a novel Knowledge Graph Question Answering (KGQA) framework for processing and analyzing forensic data. This framework provides an intuitive interface for cybersecurity and forensic professionals to access and analyze evidence using natural language-based questions. By creating those systems for strengthening IoT security and facilitating IoT forensics, we shine light on new directions in and approaches to securing IoT systems and investigating cyber-attacks against those systems, and we lay the foundation for integrating IoT security with emerging technologies especially blockchain and artificial intelligence.