BLOCKCHAIN AND IOT INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR A TRUSTED AND SECURED PROCESS TO MANAGE THE TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS

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The domain of transport and supply chain of goods is todaystrongly impacted by the digital technologies similarly to thelogistic enterprises providing them. Due to their critical nature.Not only these services are required to be correct but atraceability of the end-to-end process of transportation hasto be provided. The inuence of cutting edge technologiessuch as the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain enablesa new level of transparency and real-time verication of theprocess of transport. The impact of the IoT attributes toimproving the quality of services in several domains so itdoes in transportation. The capacity of IoT devices to generatereal-time information is essential to monitor processand other daily activities in the domain of transport. In thearea of dangerous goods transportation, this is even morecritical since stakeholders of the supply chain need to shareand exchange information in a trustful manner. Sensitive informationabout the transportation process should veriedbefore shared as well as protected from any unauthorizedaccess and changes. For a trusted and transparent processof transport, the data captured by IoT devices to monitorthe transportation of goods, should remain consistent, reliableand with proved integrity properties. In this paper, wepresent a research that highlights how the potential of theblockchain and IoT technologies can be eciently integratedin order to secure information exchange in an end-to-endprocess of transport of dangerous goods (TDG). Firstly, weexamine the process of TDG from the perspective of stakeholdercollaboration i.e., information ow. Secondly, we proposea model that supports an end-to-end TDG based on thePermission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal orclassroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributedfor profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citationon the first page. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistributeto lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee.regulatory framework. Third, we integrate blockchain andIoT technologies for securing information sharing during theprocess of TDG. Hence, we show how the transparent providesthe righ level of abstractions to the process of TDG. Aproof of concept applying our approach has been developedand tested.