A Design of Home Network Security Protocol Using User Authentication and Access Control Technology

Access control is the process of granting permissions in accordance to an authorization policy. Mobile and ubiquitous environments challenge classical access control solutions like Role-Based Access Control. The use of context-information during policy definition and access control enforcement offers more adaptability and flexibility needed for these environments. When it comes to low-power devices, such as wireless sensor networks, access control enforcement is normally too heavy for such resource-constrained devices. Lightweight cryptography allows encrypting the data right from its production and the access is therefore intrinsically restricted. In addition, all access control mechanisms require an authenticated user. Traditionally, user authentication is performed by means of a combination of authentication factors, statically specified in the access control policy of the authorization service. Within ubiquitous and mobile environment, there is a clear need for a flexible user authentication using the available authentication factors. In this chapter, different new techniques to ensure access control are discussed and compared to the state-of-the-art.

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An Unified Secured Cloud System for the Education Sector of India

Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing Technologies - Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3817-3.ch004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 69-102

Author(s):

Kimaya Arun Ambekar ◽

Kamatchi R.

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Network Security ◽

Access Control ◽

Identity Management ◽

Data Encryption ◽

Cloud Services ◽

Education Sector ◽

Cloud Environment ◽

The World ◽

Community Cloud

Cloud computing is based on years of research on various computing paradigms. It provides elasticity, which is useful in the situations of uneven ICT resources demands. As the world is moving towards digitalization, the education sector is expected to meet the pace. Acquiring and maintaining the ICT resources also necessitates a huge amount of cost. Education sector as a community can use cloud services on various levels. Though the cloud is very successfully running technology, it also shows some flaws in the area of security, privacy and trust. The research demonstrates a model in which major security areas are covered like authorization, authentication, identity management, access control, privacy, data encryption, and network security. The total idea revolves around the community cloud as university at the center and other associated colleges accessing the resources. This study uses OpenStack environment to create a complete cloud environment. The validation of the model is performed using some cases and some tools.

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