A Blockchain-Based Secure Data-Sharing Framework for Automotive Supply Chains: Enhancing Privacy with Attribute-Based Encryption
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, E., Ghaleb, B., Abubakar, M., & Jan, S. U. (2025, April)
A Blockchain-Based Secure Data-Sharing Framework for Automotive Supply Chains: Enhancing Privacy with Attribute-Based Encryption. Presented at 2025 International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences (ICTCS), Amman, Jordan
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) encounter significant challenges in facilitating secure and efficient data sharing, as they must strike a delicate balance between main...
Privacy-Preserving and Scalable Digital Evidence Management: A Hyperledger Fabric Architecture with Growth Projections for Law Enforcement
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onyeashie, B. I., Abubakar, M., Leimich, P., McKeown, S., & Russell, G. (2025, April)
Privacy-Preserving and Scalable Digital Evidence Management: A Hyperledger Fabric Architecture with Growth Projections for Law Enforcement. Presented at 2025 International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences (ICTCS), Amman, Jordan
Managing digital evidence presents challenges in scalability, security, and workflow separation. This paper presents a novel architecture using Hyperledger Fabric that separat...
Exploring DTrace as an Incident Response Tool for Unix Systems
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duin, J., Mckeown, S., & Abubakar, M. (2024, June)
Exploring DTrace as an Incident Response Tool for Unix Systems. Presented at Cyber Science 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland
Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) is often the target of sophisticated and sustained cyber attacks perpetrated by advanced threat actors with considerable resources. Thes...
A Systematic Review of the Blockchain Technology Security Challenges and Threats Classification
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abubakar, M. A., Onyeashie, B. I., Wadhaj, I., Leimich, P., Ali, H., & Buchanan, W. J. (2024, November)
A Systematic Review of the Blockchain Technology Security Challenges and Threats Classification. Presented at 6th International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2024), Dubai, UAE
This study provides a comprehensive overview of blockchain technology, discusses its characteristics, and explains the hierarchical structure of the blockchain. Additionally, ...
Transforming EU Governance: The Digital Integration Through EBSI and GLASS
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kasimatis, D., Buchanan, W. J., Abubakar, M., Lo, O., Chrysoulas, C., Pitropakis, N., Papadopoulos, P., Sayeed, S., & Sel, M. (2024, June)
Transforming EU Governance: The Digital Integration Through EBSI and GLASS. Presented at 39th IFIP International Conference, Edinburgh, UK
Traditionally, government systems managed citizen identities through disconnected data systems, using simple identifiers and paper-based processes, limiting digital trust and ...
Blockchain-based Authentication and Access Control Mechanism for Internet of Things (IoT)
Thesis
Abubakar, M. A. Blockchain-based Authentication and Access Control Mechanism for Internet of Things (IoT)
(Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3406748
Authentication and access control are critical in addressing IoT security and privacy issues. However, due to resource overhead, most legacy authentication and authorisation m...
An Overview of Blockchain-Based IoT Architectures and Designs
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abubakar, M., Ali, H., Ghaleb, B., Wadhaj, I., & Buchanan, W. J. (2022, September)
An Overview of Blockchain-Based IoT Architectures and Designs. Presented at International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Systems, Online
In recent years there has been an increased interest in the internet of things and blockchain in both industry and academia. The blockchain is quickly becoming an important te...
A Survey on the Integration of Blockchain and IoT: Challenges and Opportunities
Book Chapter
Abubakar, M., Jaroucheh, Z., Al-Dubai, A., & Liu, X. (2022)
A Survey on the Integration of Blockchain and IoT: Challenges and Opportunities. In R. Jiang, A. Bouridane, C.-T. Li, D. Crookes, S. Boussakta, F. Hao, & E. A. Edirisinghe (Eds.), Big Data Privacy and Security in Smart Cities (197-221). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04424-3_11
Since Satoshi Nakamoto first introduced the blockchain as an open-source project for secure financial transactions, it has attracted the scientific community’s interest, pavin...
A Lightweight and User-centric Two-factor Authentication Mechanism for IoT Based on Blockchain and Smart Contract
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abubakar, M., Jaroucheh, Z., Al Dubai, A., & Liu, X. (2022, May)
A Lightweight and User-centric Two-factor Authentication Mechanism for IoT Based on Blockchain and Smart Contract. Presented at 2022 2nd International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (SMARTTECH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is commonly used in Internet of Things (IoT) authentication to provide multi-layer protection. Tokens, often known as One-Time Passwords (OTP),...
Blockchain-based Platform for Secure Sharing and Validation of Vaccination Certificates
Conference Proceeding
Abubakar, M., McCarron, P., Jaroucheh, Z., Al Dubai, A., & Buchanan, B. (2022)
Blockchain-based Platform for Secure Sharing and Validation of Vaccination Certificates. In 2021 14th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN). https://doi.org/10.1109/SIN54109.2021.9699221
The COVID-19 pandemic has recently emerged as a worldwide health emergency that necessitates coordinated international measures. To contain the virus's spread, governments and...