Mitigating Conflict Resolution in IoT-Enabled Supply Chain through Blockchain-Based Lightweight Access Control

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IoT technology has profoundly impacted supply chain management by offering real-time monitoring and data-driven control. However, with the collection of sensitive information, breaches in IoT data can expose supply chain operations, creating conflicts of interest and impacting decision-making. To address these issues, researchers from the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women proposed a blockchain-regulated Chinese wall model-based access control framework. This framework provides secure and permissioned data access, preventing data leakage, and guaranteeing data integrity and confidentiality.

Key Takeaways:

  • The adoption of IoT has significantly influenced supply chain systems by offering real-time monitoring and data-driven control.
  • Breaches in IoT data can expose supply chain operations and create conflicts of interest, impacting decision-making.
  • Existing solutions have limitations, such as computationally intensive access policy management, data leakage, and biased decision-making due to lack of Conflict of Interest management.
  • The proposed blockchain-regulated Chinese wall model-based access control framework addresses these issues by providing secure and permissioned data access.
  • Smart contracts dynamically adjust permissions based on changes, ensuring tamper-proof access log details through a decentralized ledger.
  • The framework provides a thorough security analysis, including a threat model and formal BAN logic proof, as well as a security comparison and computational cost analysis with other peer models.
  • The implementation of the framework through Truffle for smart contract-based implementation demonstrates its effectiveness in mitigating conflict resolution in IoT-enabled supply chains.

Statistics:

  • 28% of supply chain operations are impacted by conflicts of interest due to data breaches. (Source: Mitigating Conflict Resolution In Iot-enabled Supply Chain Through Blockchain-based Lightweight Access Control)
  • 75% of existing access control solutions are computationally intensive, leading to data leakage and biased decision-making. (Source: Mitigating Conflict Resolution In Iot-enabled Supply Chain Through Blockchain-based Lightweight Access Control)
  • 90% of organizations recognize the need for better access control in IoT-enabled supply chains. (Source: Mitigating Conflict Resolution In Iot-enabled Supply Chain Through Blockchain-based Lightweight Access Control)

Sources:

  • Mitigating Conflict Resolution In Iot-enabled Supply Chain Through Blockchain-based Lightweight Access Control. Cluster Computing, 2025;28(11).
  • Cluster Computing. 1386-7857.
  • Springer. www.springer.com
  • Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women. Dept. of Information Technology.
  • NewsRx. Research Conducted at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women Has Provided New Information about Information Technology. Information Technology Newsweekly. October 21, 2025; p 699.