Systems and methods for facilitating detection of a security event associated with an IoT device

A method of detecting a security event associated with an Internet of Things (IoT) device, wherein the IoT device is connected to a blockchain network, wherein the IoT device is a node of the blockchain network, wherein the IoT device comprises a circuit utilizing a microprocessor, wherein the IoT device writes a unique key of the IoT device as a part of each entry into a ledger of the blockchain network, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving, using a network interface, actual operational data associated with the IoT device;
• retrieving, using a system memory, standard operational data associated with the IoT device;
• generating, using a processor, an actual hash based on the actual operational data, wherein the actual operational data comprises an actual hardware configuration data, an actual software configuration data, and at least one sensor data, wherein the at least one sensor data is associated with an environment of the IoT device, wherein the actual hardware configuration data comprises a plurality of values corresponding to a plurality of variables associated with at least one hardware component of the IoT device, wherein the plurality of variables comprises at least one of a position variable, an alignment variable, an arrangement variable, and a location variable of the at least one hardware component;
• generating, using the processor, a standard hash based on the standard operational data;
• analyzing, using the processor, each of the actual operational data and the standard operational data, wherein the analyzing of the actual operational data and the standard operational data comprises comparing the actual hash and the standard hash;
• detecting, using the processor, the security event comprising a tampering done to the IoT device based on the analyzing;
• altering, using the processor, the unique key of the IoT device based on the tampering of the IoT device, wherein at least one of a plurality of nodes of the blockchain network identifies a mismatch between the unique key in the ledger and an expected unique key, wherein the mismatch is indicative of the tampering done to the IoT device, wherein the IoT device is flagged based on the identification of the mismatch;
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• excluding, using the processor, the IoT device from the blockchain network based on the security event, wherein each of the plurality of nodes of the blockchain network has a master list comprising a list of a plurality of IoT devices and a plurality of corresponding unique keys, wherein the identification of the mismatch of the unique key of the IoT device informs the tampering of the IoT device to the plurality of nodes, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes blacklists the IoT device from submitting information to the blockchain network upon the exclusion, wherein the IoT device remains excluded from the blockchain network until working of the IoT device is verified and the IoT device is recalibrated after the working of the IoT device is verified, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes accepts the IoT device back into the blockchain network after the working of the IoT device is verified and the IoT device is recalibrated.

A semiconductor device configured for detecting a security event associated with an Internet of Things (IoT) device, wherein the IoT device is connected to a blockchain network, wherein the IoT device is a node of the blockchain network, wherein the IoT device comprises a circuit utilizing a microprocessor, wherein the IoT device writes a unique key of the IoT device as a part of each entry into a ledger of the blockchain network, wherein the semiconductor device comprises:

• a communication interface configured to be communicatively coupled with at least one component of the IoT device, wherein the communication interface is configured for:
• receiving actual operational data associated with the IoT device from the at least one component of the IoT device;
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• receiving standard operational data associated with the IoT device from the at least one component of the IoT device;
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• a processor communicatively coupled with the communication interface, wherein the processor is configured for:
• generating an actual hash based on the actual operational data, wherein the actual operational data comprises an actual hardware configuration data, an actual software configuration data, and at least one sensor data, wherein the at least one sensor data is associated with an environment of the IoT device, wherein the actual hardware configuration data comprises a plurality of values corresponding to a plurality of variables associated with at least one hardware component of the IoT device, wherein the plurality of variables comprises at least one of a position variable, an alignment variable, an arrangement variable, and a location variable of the at least one hardware component;
• generating a standard hash based on the standard operational data;
• analyzing the actual operational data and the standard operational data, wherein the analyzing of the actual operational data and the standard operational data comprises comparing the actual hash and the standard hash;
• detecting the security event comprising a tampering done to the IoT device based on the analyzing;
• altering the unique key of the IoT device based on the tampering of the IoT device, wherein at least one of a plurality of nodes of the blockchain network identifies a mismatch between the unique key in the ledger and an expected unique key, wherein the mismatch is indicative of the tampering done to the IoT device, wherein the IoT device is flagged based on the identification of the mismatch;
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• excluding the IoT device from the blockchain network based on the security event, wherein each of the plurality of nodes of the blockchain network has a master list comprising a list of a plurality of IoT devices and a plurality of corresponding unique keys, wherein the identification of the mismatch of the unique key of the IoT device informs the tampering of the IoT device to the plurality of nodes, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes blacklists the IoT device from submitting information to the blockchain network upon the exclusion, wherein the IoT device remains excluded from the blockchain network until working of the IoT device is verified and the IoT device is recalibrated after the working of the IoT device is verified, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes accepts the IoT device back into the blockchain network after the working of the IoT device is verified and the IoT device is recalibrated.

A dongle configured for detecting a security event associated with an Internet of Things (IoT) device, wherein the IoT device is connected to a blockchain network, wherein the dongle is configured to be communicatively coupled with the IoT device, wherein the IoT device is a node of the blockchain network, wherein the IoT device comprises a circuit utilizing a microprocessor, wherein the IoT device writes a unique key of the IoT device as a part of each entry into a ledger of the blockchain network, wherein the dongle comprises:

• a communication interface configured to be communicatively coupled with at least one component of the IoT device, wherein the communication interface is configured for:
• receiving actual operational data associated with the IoT device from the at least one component of the IoT device;
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• receiving standard operational data associated with the IoT device from the at least one component of the IoT device;
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• a processor communicatively coupled with the communication interface, wherein the processor is configured for:
• generating an actual hash based on the actual operational data, wherein the actual operational data comprises an actual hardware configuration data, an actual software configuration data, and at least one sensor data, wherein the at least one sensor data is associated with an environment of the IoT device, wherein the actual hardware configuration data comprises a plurality of values corresponding to a plurality of variables associated with at least one hardware component of the IoT device, wherein the plurality of variables comprises at least one of a position variable, an alignment variable, an arrangement variable, and a location variable of the at least one hardware component;
• generating a standard hash based on the standard operational data;
• analyzing the actual operational data and the standard operational data, wherein the analyzing of the actual operational data and the standard operational data comprises comparing the actual hash and the standard hash;
• detecting the security event comprising a tampering done to the IoT device based on the analyzing;
• altering the unique key of the IoT device based on the tampering of the IoT device, wherein at least one of a plurality of nodes of the blockchain network identifies a mismatch between the unique key in the ledger and an expected unique key, wherein the mismatch is indicative of the tampering done to the IoT device, wherein the IoT device is flagged based on the identification of the mismatch;
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• excluding the IoT device from the blockchain network based on the security event, wherein each of the plurality of nodes of the blockchain network has a master list comprising a list of a plurality of IoT devices and a plurality of corresponding unique keys, wherein the identification of the mismatch of the unique key of the IoT device informs the tampering of the IoT device to the plurality of nodes, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes blacklists the IoT device from submitting information to the blockchain network upon the exclusion, wherein the IoT device remains excluded from the blockchain network until working of the IoT device is verified and the IoT device is recalibrated after the working of the IoT device is verified, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes accepts the IoT device back into the blockchain network after the working of the IoT device is verified and the IoT device is recalibrated.