A secure data encryption method employing a sequential–logic style mechanism for a cloud system. (1st January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Yi–Li; Dai, Cheng–Ru; Leu, Fang–Yie; You, Ilsun
• Is Part Of: International journal of web and grid services. Volume 11:Number 1(2015)
• Page Start: 102
• Page End: 124
• Publication Date: 2015-01-01
• Subjects: cloud security -- sequential logic -- 3D operators -- dynamic keys -- dynamic transition box -- dynamic feedback keys -- data security -- data encryption -- cloud computing -- decryption -- cryptanalysis attacks -- brute–force attacks; Web services -- Periodicals; Computational grids (Computer systems) -- Periodicals; 006.78
• DOI: 10.1504/IJWGS.2015.067158
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-1106

Abstract

Recently, security problems have been the focuses of cloud computing research since people worry that their data/files stored in a cloud system may be illegally accessed. Also, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) has been widely employed to protect electronic documents. But due to the rapid development of parallel techniques and hardware speed, AES is now facing the threats of brute–force attacks. Therefore, in this study, we propose a new encryption approach, called the Secure Feedback Encryption Method (SeFEM), which utilises three security schemes, including a sequential–logic style encryption/decryption mechanism, three–dimensional operators, including XOR, binary adder and exclusive–AND and a dynamic transition box, to increase the difficulty of cracking encryption keys so as to effectively protect encrypted data from brute–force and cryptanalysis attacks. The analytical results show that the SeFEM has a higher security level, encryption efficiency and usage flexibility than the DES and AES have when encrypting cloud files.