Chen Wang¹, Jian Xu^1,*, Jiarun Li¹, Yan Dong¹, Nitin Naik²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 1421-1436, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.034123

Abstract Outsourcing the k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) classifier to the cloud is useful, yet it will lead to serious privacy leakage due to sensitive outsourced data and models. In this paper, we design, implement and evaluate a new system employing an outsourced privacy-preserving kNN Classifier Model based on Multi-Key Homomorphic Encryption (kNNCM-MKHE). We firstly propose a security protocol based on Multi-key Brakerski-Gentry-Vaikuntanathan (BGV) for collaborative evaluation of the kNN classifier provided by multiple model owners. Analyze the operations of kNN and extract basic operations, such as addition, multiplication, and comparison. It supports the computation of encrypted data with different public keys. At… More >

Chaoyang Li^*, Bohao Jiang, Yanbu Guo, Xiangjun Xin

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.1, pp. 591-606, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.038129

Abstract Blockchain technology promotes the development of the Internet of medical things (IoMT) from the centralized form to distributed trust mode as blockchain-based Internet of medical things (BIoMT). Although blockchain improves the cross-institution data sharing ability, there still exist the problems of authentication difficulty and privacy leakage. This paper first describes the architecture of the BIoMT system and designs an anonymous authentication model for medical data sharing. This BIoMT system is divided into four layers: perceptual, network, platform, and application. The model integrates an anonymous authentication scheme to guarantee secure data sharing in the network ledger. Utilizing the untampered blockchain ledger… More >

Chaoyang Li, Hongxue Shen, Xiayang Shi, Hui Liang^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 3941-3956, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.037796

Abstract Data security and user privacy are two main security concerns in the cold-chain logistics system (CCLS). Many security issues exist in traditional CCLS, destroying data security and user privacy. The digital signature can provide data verification and identity authentication based on the mathematical difficulty problem for logistics data sharing in CCLS. This paper first established a blockchain-enabled cold-chain logistics system (BCCLS) based on union blockchain technology, which can provide secure data sharing among different logistics nodes and guarantee logistics data security with the untampered blockchain ledger. Meanwhile, a lattice-based undeniable signature scheme is designed to strengthen the security of logistics… More >

Siguang Chen^1,2,*, Li Yang^1,2, Yanhang Shi^1,2, Qian Wang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 3781-3796, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036437

Abstract As an essential component of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), electric vehicles (EVs) can store massive amounts of electric power in their batteries and send power back to a charging station (CS) at peak hours to balance the power supply and generate profits. However, when the system collects the corresponding power data, several severe security and privacy issues are encountered. The identity and private injection data may be maliciously intercepted by network attackers and be tampered with to damage the services of ITS and smart grids. Existing approaches requiring high computational overhead render them unsuitable for the resource-constrained Internet of Things… 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

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 achieve a person’s privacy-preserving preferences.… More >

Yining Qi^1,2,*, Yubo Luo³, Yongfeng Huang^1,2, Xing Li^1,2

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 2603-2618, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.030191

Abstract Cloud storage has been widely used to team work or cooperation development. Data owners set up groups, generating and uploading their data to cloud storage, while other users in the groups download and make use of it, which is called group data sharing. As all kinds of cloud service, data group sharing also suffers from hardware/software failures and human errors. Provable Data Possession (PDP) schemes are proposed to check the integrity of data stored in cloud without downloading. However, there are still some unmet needs lying in auditing group shared data. Researchers propose four issues necessary for a secure group… More >

Nitish Pathak¹, Shams Tabrez Siddiqui², Anjani Kumar Singha³, Heba G Mohamed⁴, Shabana Urooj^4,*, Abhinandan R Patil⁵

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 3021-3036, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.029053

Abstract The coronavirus, formerly known as COVID-19, has caused massive global disasters. As a precaution, most governments imposed quarantine periods ranging from months to years and postponed significant financial obligations. Furthermore, governments around the world have used cutting-edge technologies to track citizens’ activity. Thousands of sensors were connected to IoT (Internet of Things) devices to monitor the catastrophic eruption with billions of connected devices that use these novel tools and apps, privacy and security issues regarding data transmission and memory space abound. In this study, we suggest a blockchain-based methodology for safeguarding data in the billions of devices and sensors connected… More >

Yining Qi^1,2,*, Yubo Luo³, Yongfeng Huang^1,2, Xing Li^1,2

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.1, pp. 183-199, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.031030

Abstract Progress in cloud computing makes group data sharing in outsourced storage a reality. People join in group and share data with each other, making team work more convenient. This new application scenario also faces data security threats, even more complex. When a user quit its group, remaining data block signatures must be re-signed to ensure security. Some researchers noticed this problem and proposed a few works to relieve computing overhead on user side. However, considering the privacy and security need of group auditing, there still lacks a comprehensive solution to implement secure group user revocation, supporting identity privacy preserving and… 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 >

K. Saranya^*, K. Premalatha

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.2, pp. 2029-2042, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.027949

Abstract Medical data mining has become an essential task in healthcare sector to secure the personal and medical data of patients using privacy policy. In this background, several authentication and accessibility issues emerge with an intention to protect the sensitive details of the patients over getting published in open domain. To solve this problem, Multi Attribute Case based Privacy Preservation (MACPP) technique is proposed in this study to enhance the security of privacy-preserving data. Private information can be any attribute information which is categorized as sensitive logs in a patient’s records. The semantic relation between transactional patient records and access rights… More >