BPMS Blockchain Technology Soft Integration For Non-tamperable Logging

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70445-1_7" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70445-1_7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70445-1_7" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-70445-1_7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

BPMS Blockchain Technology Soft Integration For Non-tamperable Logging

Original language description

In contemporary business process management (BPM), the need for secure and transparent interactions between organizations is paramount. Integrating business process management systems (BPMS) with blockchain technology can offer protection against malicious actors and increase trust, e.g., in process mining results, by allowing organizations to share execution traces and associated information. However, hard integration approaches, which we define as execution of processes on the blockchain as smart contracts, have not found widespread application. A hard integration approach, e.g., by utilizing a BPMN to solidity compiler as Caterpillar, has a high barrier of entry since it requires a company to restructure its infrastructure and processes, especially pertaining to potential immutability of smart contracts, and the integration of outside information through oracles. In this work, we instead want to explore a soft integration approach, which allows companies to continue using their existing BPMS infrastructure and integrate blockchain technologies without having to change the overall architecture of the system. The goal is to produce distributed non-tamperable logs, created through the use of private blockchains, serving as basis for compliance checking and, thus, secure and trustworthy execution. In this work, we present two soft integration approaches, which are discussed, implemented, and evaluated regarding their integration complexity and performance. The results suggest that a soft integration approach of blockchain technology can enhance the reliability and traceability of existing BPM systems with low integration effort, thus pointing towards a path for high acceptance within organizations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10200 - Computer and information sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Di Ciccio, C., et al. Business Process Management: Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, Central and Eastern European, Educators and Industry Forum. BPM 2024. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 527

ISBN

9783031704444

ISSN

1865-1348

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

106-120

Publisher name

Springer

Place of publication

Cham

Event location

Krakow

Event date

Jan 1, 2024

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

001338400200007