Security enhancement in a cloud environment using a hybrid chaotic algorithm with multifactor verification for user authentication

Abstract

A hybrid chaotic-based DNA and multifactor authentication strategy are created to improve the protection of the cloud environment. Initially, multimodal data are collected from the data owner then the information is compressed by utilizing the deflate compression approach. The data is then encrypted using hybrid chaotic-based DNA cryptography to increase the security of data. In this hybrid algorithm DNA is used for the key generation and chaotic algorithm is utilized for the encryption process. On the other hand, a multifactor authentication method is created to access data from the cloud to block access by unauthorized users. In that technique, users are requested to enter the registered Password with the generated OTP from the mobile number. Then, the device serial number is another factor to verify the accessing device. Likewise, the user's fingerprint and iris recognition are also validated for accessing the data. The cloud-based data can be accessible following users' successful authentication. The simulation analysis shows that the encryption and decryption time reached for image, string and integer data is 24, 0.065, 37, 0.14, 28 and 0.14 s, respectively, for the cloud security algorithm. The proposed algorithm effectively mitigates space consumption and provides improved data security in a cloud environment.

KEYWORDS:

• Cloud environment
• security
• compression
• deflate
• hybrid chaotic-DNA
• multifactor authentication

Acknowledgements

Author express their deep sense of gratitude to the Founder President of Amity University, Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan for his keen interest in promoting research in the Amity University and have always been an inspiration for achieving great heights.

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Notes on contributors

Megha Gupta

Megha Gupta is research scholar pursuing Ph.D from AIIT, Amity University, and Noida under guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Laxmi Ahuja & Co-Guide Prof. (Dr.) Ashish Seth. She is Gold Medalist in M.tech from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. She received her B.TECH degree with HONOURS from B.M.I.E.T Sonipat. Her research areas include Cloud Computing, Security, Software Engineering, Software Testing, Computer Networks, Database Management systems and Big Data. She has published several research papers in reputed international and national journals and also participated and presented research papers in various international, national conferences.

Laxmi Ahuja

Prof. (Dr.) Laxmi Ahuja Ph.D(CSE) working as Professor in Amity Institute of Information Technology with the role ranging from Lecturer to Professor to Dy. Director of the Department with in a span of 21 years. in academics; Her areas of interest include Search Engine, Data Mining and Soft Computing Approaches; published more than 100 research papers in International and National Conferences and Journals in SCOPUS Impact Factor Journals like Springer, Elsevier,Inderscience and several others. She has successfully filed number of patents under domain of Information Technology as an Inventor, which has been published in “International Journal of Patents” by Patent Department, Govt. of India. She has published many Lecture Notes for Springer Book chapter. Organized various sessions in International Conferences and Session chair in various Conferences. She has organized various Guest Lectures, Workshops and Faculty Development Programme. She is Associate Editor of Proceedings of the International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technology and Optimization (Trends and Future Directions). She is actively involved in research activities. She has currently Eight research scholar under her guidance and supervised three students for Ph.D. She has also published number of Books related to operating system and Information Technology. She is Member of IEEE and Life Member of Computer Society of India, Past Vice chairman of IETE – The Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers, Senior member of IACSIT ,Member of IEEE Society. She is actively involved in various activities of these societies. She is also Technical Chair member in many Conferences. She has Awarded as Guest of Honor in many Events.

Ashish Seth

Ashish Seth, PhD. SMIEEE, ACM Distinguished Speaker Presently working as Professor at School of Global Convergence Studies, Inha University, South Korea and is presently deputed to Inha University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from September 2016. Associated as Subject Expert with Transport and Telecommunications Institute, Riga Latvia, under the European Union project “Strengthening the Academic Staff of the Transport and Telecommunications Institute in the areas of Strategic Specialization” to teach programming languages.