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 >

V. Balaji, P. Selvaraj^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.2, pp. 2015-2027, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.029260

Abstract Fog computing is a rapidly growing technology that aids in pipelining the possibility of mitigating breaches between the cloud and edge servers. It facilitates the benefits of the network edge with the maximized probability of offering interaction with the cloud. However, the fog computing characteristics are susceptible to counteract the challenges of security. The issues present with the Physical Layer Security (PLS) aspect in fog computing which included authentication, integrity, and confidentiality has been considered as a reason for the potential issues leading to the security breaches. In this work, the Octonion Algebra-inspired Non- Commutative Ring-based Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme… More >

Jing-Wen Zhang¹, Xiu-Bo Chen^1,*, Gang Xu^2,3, Heng-Ji Li⁴, Ya-Lan Wang⁵, Li-Hua Miao⁶, Yi-Xian Yang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 2835-2848, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.029125

Abstract The significant advantage of the quantum homomorphic encryption scheme is to ensure the perfect security of quantum private data. In this paper, a novel secure multiparty quantum homomorphic encryption scheme is proposed, which can complete arbitrary quantum computation on the private data of multiple clients without decryption by an almost dishonest server. Firstly, each client obtains a secure encryption key through the measurement device independent quantum key distribution protocol and encrypts the private data by using the encryption operator and key. Secondly, with the help of the almost dishonest server, the non-maximally entangled states are pre-shared between the client and… More >

K. S. Riya¹, R. Surendran^2,*, Carlos Andrés Tavera Romero³, M. Sadish Sendil⁴

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.1, pp. 507-520, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.027779

Abstract Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) enabled e-healthcare has the potential to greately improve conventional healthcare services significantly. However, security and privacy become major issues of IoMT because of the restricted processing abilities, storage, and energy constraints of the sensors. Therefore, it leads to infeasibility of developing traditional cryptographic solutions to the IoMT sensors. In order to ensure security on sensitive medical data, effective encryption and authentication techniques need to be designed to assure security of the patients and healthcare service providers. In this view, this study designs an effective metaheuristic optimization based encryption with user authentication (EMOE-UA) technique for IoMT… More >

Meng-Wei Zhang¹, Xiu-Bo Chen¹, Haseeb Ahmad², Gang Xu^3,4,*, Yi-Xian Yang¹

Journal of Cyber Security, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 29-39, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jcs.2022.027693

Abstract Blockchain has a profound impact on all areas of society by virtue of its immutability, decentralization and other characteristics. However, blockchain faces the problem of data privacy leakage during the application process, and the rapid development of quantum computing also brings the threat of quantum attack to blockchain. In this paper, we propose a lattice-based certificateless fully homomorphic encryption (LCFHE) algorithm based on approximate eigenvector firstly. And we use the lattice-based delegate algorithm and preimage sampling algorithm to extract part of the private key based on certificateless scheme, which is composed of the private key together with the secret value… More >

Gang Xu^1,2, Fan Yun¹, Xiu-Bo Chen^3,*, Shiyuan Xu¹, Jingzhong Wang¹, Tao Shang⁴, Yan Chang⁵, Mianxiong Dong⁶

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.1, pp. 531-541, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.028264

Abstract Secure multi-party computation has been playing a fundamental role in terms of classical cryptography. Quantum homomorphic encryption (QHE) could compute the encrypted data without decryption. At present, most protocols use a semi-honest third party (TP) to protect participants’ secrets. We use a quantum homomorphic encryption scheme instead of TP to protect the privacy of parties. Based on quantum homomorphic encryption, a secure multi-party quantum summation scheme is proposed in which N participants can delegate a server with strong quantum computing power to assist computation. By delegating the computation and key update processes to a server and a semi-honest key center,… More >

D. Dhinakaran^1,*, P. M. Joe Prathap²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.33, No.3, pp. 1877-1892, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.024509

Abstract These days, investigations of information are becoming essential for various associations all over the globe. By and large, different associations need to perform information examinations on their joined data sets. Privacy and security have become a relentless concern wherein business experts do not desire to contribute their classified transaction data. Therefore, there is a requirement to build a proficient methodology that can process the broad mixture of data and convert those data into meaningful knowledge to the user without forfeiting the security and privacy of individuals’ crude information. We devised two unique protocols for frequent mining itemsets in horizontally partitioned… More >

Yichuan Liu¹, Chungen Xu^1,*, Lei Xu¹, Lin Mei¹, Xing Zhang², Cong Zuo³

Journal of Information Hiding and Privacy Protection, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 151-164, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jihpp.2021.026944

Abstract The widespread acceptance of machine learning, particularly of neural networks leads to great success in many areas, such as recommender systems, medical predictions, and recognition. It is becoming possible for any individual with a personal electronic device and Internet access to complete complex machine learning tasks using cloud servers. However, it must be taken into consideration that the data from clients may be exposed to cloud servers. Recent work to preserve data confidentiality has allowed for the outsourcing of services using homomorphic encryption schemes. But these architectures are based on honest but curious cloud servers, which are unable to tell… More >

G. Tamilarasi^1,*, K. Rajiv Gandhi², V. Palanisamy¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 1273-1288, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.024687

Abstract In recent years, vehicle ad hoc networks (VANETs) have garnered considerable interest in the field of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) due to the added safety and preventive measures for drivers and passengers. Regardless of the benefits provided by VANET, it confronts various challenges, most notably in terms of user/message security and privacy. Due to the decentralised nature of VANET and its changeable topologies, it is difficult to detect rogue or malfunctioning nodes or users. Using an improved grasshopper optimization algorithm (IGOA-PHE) technique in VANETs, this research develops a new privacy-preserving partly homomorphic encryption with optimal key generation. The suggested IGOA-PHE… More >

Aitizaz Ali¹, Mehedi Masud², Ateeq ur Rehman³, Can Chen¹, Mehmood⁴, Mohammad A. AlZain⁵, Jehad Ali^6,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 1183-1195, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.023930

Abstract Security of Patient health records (PHR) is the most important aspect of cryptography over the Internet due to its value and importance preferably in the medical Internet of Things (IoT). Search keywords access mechanism is one of the common approaches which is used to access PHR from database, but it is susceptible to various security vulnerabilities. Although Blockchain-enabled healthcare systems provide security, but it may lead to some loopholes in the existing schemes. However, these methods primarily focused on data storage, and blockchain is used as a database. In this paper, Blockchain as a distributed database is proposed with homomorphic… More >