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TrustShare: Secure and Trusted Blockchain Framework for Threat Intelligence Sharing

  • Blockpass ID Lab, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
  • Cybersecurity Center, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia

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Abstract

We introduce TrustShare, a novel blockchain-based framework designed to enable secure, privacy-preserving, and trust-aware cyber threat intelligence (CTI) sharing across organizational boundaries. Leveraging Hyperledger Fabric, the architecture supports fine-grained access control and immutability through smart contract-enforced trust policies. The system combines Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) with temporal, spatial, and controlled revelation constraints to grant data owners precise control over shared intelligence. To ensure scalable decentralized storage, encrypted CTI is distributed via the IPFS, with blockchain-anchored references ensuring verifiability and traceability. Using STIX for structuring and TAXII for exchange, the framework complies with the GDPR requirements, embedding revocation and the right to be forgotten through certificate authorities. The experimental validation demonstrates that TrustShare achieves low-latency retrieval, efficient encryption performance, and robust scalability in containerized deployments. By unifying decentralized technologies with cryptographic enforcement and regulatory compliance, TrustShare sets a foundation for the next generation of sovereign and trustworthy threat intelligence collaboration.
Original languageEnglish
Article number289
Number of pages33
JournalFuture Internet
Volume17
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2025

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