Ye Lu^1,*, Tao Feng¹, Chunyan Liu², Wenbo Zhang³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.2, pp. 2787-2811, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.046106

Abstract The Access control scheme is an effective method to protect user data privacy. The access control scheme based on blockchain and ciphertext policy attribute encryption (CP–ABE) can solve the problems of single—point of failure and lack of trust in the centralized system. However, it also brings new problems to the health information in the cloud storage environment, such as attribute leakage, low consensus efficiency, complex permission updates, and so on. This paper proposes an access control scheme with fine-grained attribute revocation, keyword search, and traceability of the attribute private key distribution process. Blockchain technology tracks the authorization of attribute private… More >

Zaid Abdulsalam Ibrahim^1,*, Muhammad Ilyas²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.1, pp. 939-956, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035798

Abstract Most research works nowadays deal with real-time Internet of Things (IoT) data. However, with exponential data volume increases, organizations need help storing such humongous amounts of IoT data in cloud storage systems. Moreover, such systems create security issues while efficiently using IoT and Cloud Computing technologies. Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) has the potential to make IoT data more secure and reliable in various cloud storage services. Cloud-assisted IoTs suffer from two privacy issues: access policies (public) and super polynomial decryption times (attributed mainly to complex access structures). We have developed a CP-ABE scheme in alignment with a Hidden Hierarchy Ciphertext-Policy… More >

P. Prathap Nayudu, Krovi Raja Sekhar^*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.1, pp. 1079-1092, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.033961

Abstract The cloud allows clients to store and share data. Depending on the user’s needs, it is imperative to design an effective access control plan to share the information only with approved users. The user loses control of their data when the data is outsourced to the cloud. Therefore, access control mechanisms will become a significant challenging problem. The Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) is an essential solution in which the user can control data access. CP-ABE encrypts the data under a limited access policy after the user sets some access policies. The user can decrypt the data if they satisfy the… More >

M. Amirthavalli^*, S. Chithra, R. Yugha

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 3079-3095, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.032486

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) enables devices to get connected to the internet. Once they are connected, they behave as smart devices thereby releasing sensitive data periodically. There is a necessity to preserve the confidentiality and integrity of this data during transmission in public communication channels and also permitting only legitimate users to access their data A key challenge of smart networks is to establish a secure end-to-end data communication architecture by addressing the security vulnerabilities of data users and smart devices. The objective of this research work is to create a framework encompassing Ciphertext policy Attribute-based Encryption scheme using block… More >

Pooja Dhiman¹, Santosh Kumar Henge¹, Sartaj Singh¹, Avinash Kaur², Parminder Singh^2,3, Mustapha Hadabou^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 3297-3313, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.030558

Abstract This research paper puts emphasis on using cloud computing with Blockchain (BC) to improve the security and privacy in a cloud. The security of data is not guaranteed as there is always a risk of leakage of users’ data. Blockchain can be used in a multi-tenant cloud environment (MTCE) to improve the security of data, as it is a decentralized approach. Data is saved in unaltered form. Also, Blockchain is not owned by a single organization. The encryption process can be done using a Homomorphic encryption (HE) algorithm along with hashing technique, hereby allowing computations on encrypted data without the… More >

P. Prathap Nayudu, Krovi Raja Sekhar^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 3801-3813, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.032267

Abstract Due to the mobility of users in an organization, inclusion of dynamic attributes such as time and location becomes the major challenge in Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE). By considering this challenge; we focus to present dynamic time and location information in CP-ABE with multi-authorization. At first, along with the set of attributes of the users, their corresponding location is also embedded. Geohash is used to encode the latitude and longitude of the user’s position. Then, decrypt time period and access time period of users are defined using the new time tree (NTT) structure. The NTT sets the encrypted duration of… More >