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Secure Provenance of Electronic Records Based on Blockchain
Qirun Wang1, Fujian Zhu2, Sai Ji2, Yongjun Ren2, *
1 School of Engineering and Technology, University of Hertfordshire, Hertford, UK.
2 School of Computer and Software, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
* Corresponding Author: Yongjun Ren. Email: .
Computers, Materials & Continua 2020, 65(2), 1753-1769. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2020.07366
Received 24 March 2020; Accepted 15 May 2020; Issue published 20 August 2020
Abstract
At present, the provenance of electronic records is stored centrally. The centralized
way of information storage has huge risks. Whether the database itself is destroyed or the
communication between the central database and the external interruption occurs, the
provenance information of the stored electronic records will not play its role. At the same time,
uncertainties such as fires and earthquakes will also pose a potential threat to centralized
databases. Moreover, the existing security provenance model is not specifically designed for
electronic records. In this paper, a security provenance model of electronic records is
constructed based on PREMIS and METS. Firstly, this paper analyses the security
requirements of the provenance information of electronic records. Then, based on the
characteristics of blockchain decentralization, and combined with coding theory, a distributed
secure provenance guarantees technology of electronic records is constructed, which ensures
the authenticity, integrity, confidentiality and reliability of the provenance information.
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Cite This Article
Q. Wang, F. Zhu, S. Ji and Y. Ren, "Secure provenance of electronic records based on blockchain,"
Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 65, no.2, pp. 1753–1769, 2020. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2020.07366
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