Big Data Handling Approach for Unauthorized Cloud Computing Access

Abdul Razaque,Munif Alotaibi,Bandar Alotaibi,Aziz Alotaibi,Nazerke Shaldanbayeva,Akhmetov Murat

doi:10.3390/electronics11010137

Abstract

Nowadays, cloud computing is one of the important and rapidly growing services; its capabilities and applications have been extended to various areas of life. Cloud computing systems face many security issues, such as scalability, integrity, confidentiality, unauthorized access, etc. An illegitimate intruder may gain access to a sensitive cloud computing system and use the data for inappropriate purposes, which may lead to losses in business or system damage. This paper proposes a hybrid unauthorized data handling (HUDH) scheme for big data in cloud computing. The HUDH scheme aims to restrict illegitimate users from accessing the cloud and to provide data security provisions. The proposed HUDH consists of three steps: data encryption, data access, and intrusion detection. The HUDH scheme involves three algorithms: advanced encryption standards (AES) for encryption, attribute-based access control (ABAC) for data access control, and hybrid intrusion detection (HID) for unauthorized access detection. The proposed scheme is implemented using the Python and Java languages. The testing results demonstrated that the HUDH scheme can delegate computation overhead to powerful cloud servers. User confidentiality, access privilege, and user secret key accountability can be attained with more than 97% accuracy.

Highlights

Cloud computing is a service that is currently popular [1]
Depending on the services needed by organizations and individuals, cloud computing can be characterized by three existing models: software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) [6,7,8]
We reviewed the existing methods used in cloud computing systems and investigated the use of advanced security mechanisms such as advanced data encryption, secure data access, and accurate intrusion detection mechanism to build a secure cloud computing model

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Introduction

Cloud computing is a service that is currently popular [1]. Cloud computing companies provide almost all possible methods to process data: storing, changing, sharing with others, and eventually deleting [2,3]. Depending on the services needed by organizations and individuals, cloud computing can be characterized by three existing models: software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) [6,7,8]. Virtualization is the principal enabling core of cloud computing; it uses software to split one computer device into multiple independent computing devices, where each can be used to perform computing tasks. This helps to efficiently allocate and use the usually idle computing resources, reduces cost, and reliably increases infrastructure use. These systems significantly increase work efficiency in organizations at a relatively low price

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