Xintao Duan^1,2,*, Yinhang Wu¹, Zhao Wang¹, Chuan Qin³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 4887-4906, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.064620 - 30 July 2025

Abstract Deep neural network (DNN) models have achieved remarkable performance across diverse tasks, leading to widespread commercial adoption. However, training high-accuracy models demands extensive data, substantial computational resources, and significant time investment, making them valuable assets vulnerable to unauthorized exploitation. To address this issue, this paper proposes an intellectual property (IP) protection framework for DNN models based on feature layer selection and hyper-chaotic mapping. Firstly, a sensitivity-based importance evaluation algorithm is used to identify the key feature layers for encryption, effectively protecting the core components of the model. Next, the L1 regularization criterion is applied to More >

Sunghyun Yu, Yoojae Won^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.143, No.3, pp. 3943-3980, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.064997 - 30 June 2025

Abstract Pre-Authentication and Post-Connection (PAPC) plays a crucial role in realizing the Zero Trust security model by ensuring that access to network resources is granted only after successful authentication. While earlier approaches such as Port Knocking (PK) and Single Packet Authorization (SPA) introduced pre-authentication concepts, they suffer from limitations including plaintext communication, protocol dependency, reliance on dedicated clients, and inefficiency under modern network conditions. These constraints hinder their applicability in emerging distributed and resource-constrained environments such as AIoT and browser-based systems. To address these challenges, this study proposes a novel port-sequence-based PAPC scheme structured as a… More >

Abdulaziz Attaallah¹, Khalil al-Sulbi², Areej Alasiry³, Mehrez Marzougui³, Mohd Waris Khan^4,*, Mohd Faizan⁴, Alka Agrawal⁵, Dhirendra Pandey⁵

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.3, pp. 3165-3195, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.040259 - 09 November 2023

Abstract Security testing is a critical concern for organizations worldwide due to the potential financial setbacks and damage to reputation caused by insecure software systems. One of the challenges in software security testing is test case prioritization, which aims to reduce redundancy in fault occurrences when executing test suites. By effectively applying test case prioritization, both the time and cost required for developing secure software can be reduced. This paper proposes a test case prioritization technique based on the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm, a metaheuristic approach. The performance of the ACO-based technique is evaluated using More >

Youngho Park¹, Mi Hyeon Jeon², Sang Uk Shin^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 1871-1890, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.039462 - 30 August 2023

Abstract These days, data is regarded as a valuable asset in the era of the data economy, which demands a trading platform for buying and selling data. However, online data trading poses challenges in terms of security and fairness because the seller and the buyer may not fully trust each other. Therefore, in this paper, a blockchain-based secure and fair data trading system is proposed by taking advantage of the smart contract and matchmaking encryption. The proposed system enables bilateral authorization, where data trading between a seller and a buyer is accomplished only if their policies,… More >

Eric Yocam¹, Ahmad Alomari², Amjad Gawanmeh^3,*, Wathiq Mansoor³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 3091-3110, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032826 - 31 March 2023

Abstract A person’s privacy has become a growing concern, given the nature of an expansive reliance on real-time video activities with video capture, stream, and storage. This paper presents an innovative system design based on a privacy-preserving model. The proposed system design is implemented by employing an enhanced capability that overcomes today’s single parameter-based access control protection mechanism for digital privacy preservation. The enhanced capability combines multiple access control parameters: facial expression, resource, environment, location, and time. The proposed system design demonstrated that a person’s facial expressions combined with a set of access control rules can 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 - 17 August 2022

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 More >

Jihai Yang¹, Zongtao Duan¹, Muyao Wang², Jabar Mahmood¹, Yuanyuan Xiao¹, Yun Yang^1,*

Journal of New Media, Vol.2, No.4, pp. 157-165, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jnm.2020.014309 - 23 December 2020

Abstract Modern autonomous vehicles are getting progressively popular and increasingly getting closer to the core of future development in transportation field. However, there is no reliable authentication mechanism for the unmanned vehicle communication system, this phenomenon draws attention about the security of autonomous vehicles of people in all aspects. Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) circuits is light-weight, and it can product unique and unpredictable digital signature utilizing the manufacturing variations occur in each die and these exact silicon features cannot be recreated theoretically. Considering security issues of communication between Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in vehicles, we propose… More >

Zhengtao Liu^1,*, Jinyue Xia²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.1, pp. 395-408, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05627

Abstract Tenants in the cloud computing environment share various services, including storage, network, computing, and applications. For better use of services in the cloud computing environment, tenants collaborate in tasks, resulting in challenges to the traditional access control. This study proposes a cross-tenant role-based access control (CT-RBAC) model for collaborative cloud services. This model covers the CT-RBAC0, CT-RBAC1, CT-RBAC2, and CT-RBAC3 models. The model not only extends the RBAC model in the multi-tenant cloud computing mode but also includes four types of authorization modes among tenants. Consequently, the role inheritance constraint is increased, and fine-grained authorization More >

Yan Chang^1,*, Shibin Zhang¹, Lili Yan¹, Guihua Han¹, Haiquan Song¹, Yan Zhang¹, Xueyang Li¹, Qirun Wang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.59, No.3, pp. 1005-1014, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.06297

Abstract Quantum authorization management (QAM) is the quantum scheme for privilege management infrastructure (PMI) problem. Privilege management (authorization management) includes authentication and authorization. Authentication is to verify a user’s identity. Authorization is the process of verifying that a authenticated user has the authority to perform a operation, which is more fine-grained. In most classical schemes, the authority management center (AMC) manages the resources permissions for all network nodes within the jurisdiction. However, the existence of AMC may be the weakest link of the whole scheme. In this paper, a protocol for QAM without AMC is proposed More >

Daofeng Li^1,3,*, Mingxing Luo², Bowen Zhao^1,3, Xiangdong Che⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.56, No.3, pp. 447-465, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2018.03692

Abstract The secure issues of APK are very important in Android applications. In order to solve potential secure problems and copyrights issues in redevelopment of APK files, in this paper we propose a new APK redevelopment mechanism (APK-SAN). By exploring sanitizable signature technology, APK-SAN allows the original developer to authorize specified modifier who can redevelop the designated source code of APK files. Our scheme does not require interactions between the developer and modifiers. It can reduce the communication overhead and computational overhead for developers. Especially, the signature of redeveloped APK files is valid and maintains the More >