Sarah Mustafa Eljack^1,*, Mahdi Jemmali^2,3,4, Mohsen Denden^6,7, Mutasim Al Sadig¹, Abdullah M. Algashami¹, Sadok Turki⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.1, pp. 1461-1479, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.040919

Abstract In the cloud environment, ensuring a high level of data security is in high demand. Data planning storage optimization is part of the whole security process in the cloud environment. It enables data security by avoiding the risk of data loss and data overlapping. The development of data flow scheduling approaches in the cloud environment taking security parameters into account is insufficient. In our work, we propose a data scheduling model for the cloud environment. The model is made up of three parts that together help dispatch user data flow to the appropriate cloud VMs. The first component is the… More >

Lihong Guo^*, Jie Yang, Haitao Wu

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 1929-1946, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.039170

Abstract Attribute-based encryption (ABE) is a technique used to encrypt data, it has the flexibility of access control, high security, and resistance to collusion attacks, and especially it is used in cloud security protection. However, a large number of bilinear mappings are used in ABE, and the calculation of bilinear pairing is time-consuming. So there is the problem of low efficiency. On the other hand, the decryption key is not uniquely associated with personal identification information, if the decryption key is maliciously sold, ABE is unable to achieve accountability for the user. In practical applications, shared message requires hierarchical sharing in… More >

Abdullah M. Basahel¹, Mohammad Yamin¹, Sulafah M. Basahel², E. Laxmi Lydia^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 4319-4336, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033497

Abstract Cloud Computing (CC) is the preference of all information technology (IT) organizations as it offers pay-per-use based and flexible services to its users. But the privacy and security become the main hindrances in its achievement due to distributed and open architecture that is prone to intruders. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) refers to one of the commonly utilized system for detecting attacks on cloud. IDS proves to be an effective and promising technique, that identifies malicious activities and known threats by observing traffic data in computers, and warnings are given when such threats were identified. The current mainstream IDS are assisted… More >

Muhammad Nadeem¹, Ali Arshad^2,*, Saman Riaz², Syeda Wajiha Zahra¹, Ashit Kumar Dutta³, Moteeb Al Moteri⁴, Sultan Almotairi⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 4059-4079, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032882

Abstract Many symmetric and asymmetric encryption algorithms have been developed in cloud computing to transmit data in a secure form. Cloud cryptography is a data encryption mechanism that consists of different steps and prevents the attacker from misusing the data. This paper has developed an efficient algorithm to protect the data from invaders and secure the data from misuse. If this algorithm is applied to the cloud network, the attacker will not be able to access the data. To encrypt the data, the values of the bytes have been obtained by converting the plain text to ASCII. A key has been… More >

Muhammad Nadeem¹, Ali Arshad², Saman Riaz², Syeda Wajiha Zahra¹, Shahab S. Band³, Amir Mosavi^4,5,6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 2625-2640, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.030899

Abstract Many organizations have insisted on protecting the cloud server from the outside, although the risks of attacking the cloud server are mostly from the inside. There are many algorithms designed to protect the cloud server from attacks that have been able to protect the cloud server attacks. Still, the attackers have designed even better mechanisms to break these security algorithms. Cloud cryptography is the best data protection algorithm that exchanges data between authentic users. In this article, one symmetric cryptography algorithm will be designed to secure cloud server data, used to send and receive cloud server data securely. A double… More >

S. Stewart Kirubakaran^1,*, V. P. Arunachalam¹, S. Karthik¹, S. Kannan²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.3, pp. 1881-1895, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.026690

Abstract In the present scenario of rapid growth in cloud computing models, several companies and users started to share their data on cloud servers. However, when the model is not completely trusted, the data owners face several security-related problems, such as user privacy breaches, data disclosure, data corruption, and so on, during the process of data outsourcing. For addressing and handling the security-related issues on Cloud, several models were proposed. With that concern, this paper develops a Privacy-Preserved Data Security Approach (PP-DSA) to provide the data security and data integrity for the outsourcing data in Cloud Environment. Privacy preservation is ensured… More >

S. Saravanakumar^1,*, S. Chitra²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.43, No.3, pp. 985-996, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.019508

Abstract Cloud storage is a service involving cloud service providers providing storage space to customers. Cloud storage services have numerous advantages, including convenience, high computation, and capacity, thereby attracting users to outsource data in the cloud. However, users outsource data directly via cloud stage services that are unsafe when outsourcing data is sensitive for users. Therefore, cipher text-policy attribute-based encryption is a promising cryptographic solution in a cloud environment, and can be drawn up for access control by data owners (DO) to define access policy. Unfortunately, an outsourced architecture applied with attribute-based encryption introduces numerous challenges, including revocation. This issue is… More >

Hosam El- El-Sofany^1,2,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.43, No.2, pp. 573-589, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.024302

Abstract Most user authentication mechanisms of cloud systems depend on the credentials approach in which a user submits his/her identity through a username and password. Unfortunately, this approach has many security problems because personal data can be stolen or recognized by hackers. This paper aims to present a cloud-based biometric authentication model (CBioAM) for improving and securing cloud services. The research study presents the verification and identification processes of the proposed cloud-based biometric authentication system (CBioAS), where the biometric samples of users are saved in database servers and the authentication process is implemented without loss of the users’ information. The paper… More >

S. Ranjithkumar^1,*, S. Chenthur Pandian²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 4261-4277, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019031

Abstract The growth of cloud in modern technology is drastic by provisioning services to various industries where data security is considered to be common issue that influences the intrusion detection system (IDS). IDS are considered as an essential factor to fulfill security requirements. Recently, there are diverse Machine Learning (ML) approaches that are used for modeling effectual IDS. Most IDS are based on ML techniques and categorized as supervised and unsupervised. However, IDS with supervised learning is based on labeled data. This is considered as a common drawback and it fails to identify the attack patterns. Similarly, unsupervised learning fails to… More >

D. Stalin David¹, Mamoona Anam², Chandraprabha Kaliappan³, S. Arun Mozhi Selvi⁴, Dilip Kumar Sharma⁵, Pankaj Dadheech⁶, Sudhakar Sengan^7,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 2581-2600, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020213

Abstract Recently, an innovative trend like cloud computing has progressed quickly in Information Technology. For a background of distributed networks, the extensive sprawl of internet resources on the Web and the increasing number of service providers helped cloud computing technologies grow into a substantial scaled Information Technology service model. The cloud computing environment extracts the execution details of services and systems from end-users and developers. Additionally, through the system’s virtualization accomplished using resource pooling, cloud computing resources become more accessible. The attempt to design and develop a solution that assures reliable and protected authentication and authorization service in such cloud environments… More >