Securing the Cloud Storage by Using Different Algorithms of Cryptography

Maria Jan¹ , Qamar Shahzad² , Salman Afsar³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.10 , Issue.2 , pp.38-45, Apr-2022

Online published on Apr 30, 2022

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Abstract :
Cloud Computing offers services via the internet that allows for virtual servers, dynamic memory pools, as well as easy access. Because distributed computing is based on the internet, security concerns such as information security, confidentiality, data protection, concealment, & authentication arise. The data security of cloud storage is a major issue. In this research, we aimed to examine various combinations of data security techniques. The usage of cryptographic algorithms is employed for resolving data protection and privacy problems in cloud storage. In the proposed Hybrid system of algorithm RC4, DES & AES Algorithms were used to improve data security and privacy. The proposed hybrid system of algorithm secured the Upload and download of data on cloud storage. For this, Secret keys are required for both encryption and decryption. As a result, several parameters are calculated utilizing evaluation factors also including encryption time, memory consumption, decryption time, as well as throughput. To show the effectiveness of the hybrid system, simulations of data are provided in JAVA, using the Eclipse IDE tool. The proposed hybrid system of the algorithm is executed and evaluated using various file formats such as text and image data. The suggested algorithm is believed to work well to provide more data security.

Key-Words / Index Term :
DES, RC4, encryption system, upload, download, AES

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