Hybrid Blockchain-Enabled Security

in Cloud Storage Infrastructure Using

ECC and AES Algorithms

Mhamad Bakro

, Sukant K. Bisoy

, Ashok K. Patel

,

and M. Adib Naal

Abstract Due to the high growth of Internet of Things and cloud computing services

it has brought great changes within the human lifestyle in various fields such as

(medical, agricultural, educational, military, environmental, etc.). So, it was neces-

sary to understand the building blocks’ basic of the Internet of Things and identify

weaknesses and data security of user. Blockchain plays an important role in the imple-

mentation of security aspects in cloud computing. In this work, we have analyzed the

security aspects of data stored in the cloud through hybrid security system enabled

with blockchain technology using cryptographic algorithms ECC and AES. Our

framework is having higher security with more efficiency than others.

Keywords Cloud computing · Cloud storage · Cloud security · Cryptography

algorithms · Blockchain

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Introduction

What makes the user move to the IoT and cloud or continue in the traditional system

is the extent of his confidence in the service provider. This trust depends on taking

the provider into account all problems such as privacy problems, information secu-

rity “being corrupted or stolen data”, infrastructure security, application security,

network security, identity management, authorization, service availability, service

interruption in the case of cloud (as happened with Google, Amazon, and Microsoft

due to server downtime due to maintenance of some of it and overloading on other

servers, file leaks, electricity outages due to lightning, etc.), access control, authen-

tication, unintended data loss, failure (and this failure may happen as a result of

infrastructure devices in the cloud “IaaS layer”, or malware software “SaaS layer”,

M. Bakro (B) · S. K. Bisoy · A. K. Patel

Department Computer Science and Engineering, C. V. Raman Global University,

Bhubaneswar 752054, India

M. A. Naal

Department Computer Science and Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology,

Bhubaneswar 751024, India

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