TY  - EJOU
AU  - Siyal, Reshma 
AU  - Asim, Muhammad 
AU  - Jun, Long 
AU  - Elaffendi, Mohammed 
AU  - Iftikhar, Sundas 
AU  - Alnashwan, Rana 
AU  - Chelloug, Samia Allaoua 

TI  - Adaptive Attribute-Based Honey Encryption: A Novel Solution for Cloud Data Security
T2  - Computers, Materials \& Continua

PY  - 2025
VL  - 82
IS  - 2
SN  - 1546-2226

AB  - A basic procedure for transforming readable data into encoded forms is encryption, which ensures security when the right decryption keys are used. Hadoop is susceptible to possible cyber-attacks because it lacks built-in security measures, even though it can effectively handle and store enormous datasets using the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). The increasing number of data breaches emphasizes how urgently creative encryption techniques are needed in cloud-based big data settings. This paper presents Adaptive Attribute-Based Honey Encryption (AABHE), a state-of-the-art technique that combines honey encryption with Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) to provide improved data security. Even if intercepted, AABHE makes sure that sensitive data cannot be accessed by unauthorized parties. With a focus on protecting huge files in HDFS, the suggested approach achieves 98% security robustness and 95% encryption efficiency, outperforming other encryption methods including Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE), Key-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (KB-ABE), and Advanced Encryption Standard combined with Attribute-Based Encryption (AES+ABE). By fixing Hadoop’s security flaws, AABHE fortifies its protections against data breaches and enhances Hadoop’s dependability as a platform for processing and storing massive amounts of data.
KW  - Cybersecurity; data security; cloud storage; hadoop encryption and decryption; privacy protection; attribute-based honey encryption

DO  - 10.32604/cmc.2025.058717