RESCUE: Resilient secret sharing cloud-based architecture

Elochukwu Ukwandu, William J. Buchanan*, Lu Fan, Gordon Russell, Owen Lo

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Abstract

This paper presents an architecture (RESCUE) of a system that is capable of implementing: a keyless encryption method, self-destruction of data within a time frame without user's intervention, and break-glass data recovery, with in-built failover protection. It aims to overcome many of the current problems within Cloud-based infastructures, such as in the loss of private keys, and inherent failover protection. The architecture uses a secret share method with: an Application Platform, Proxy Servers with Routers, and a Metadata Server. These interact within a multi-cloud environment to provide a robust, secure and dependable system, and which showcases a new direction in an improved cloud computing environment. It aims to ensure user privacy, and reduces the potential for data loss, as well as reducing denial-of-service outages within the cloud, and with failover protection for stored data. In order to assessement the best secret sharing method that could be used for the architecture, the paper outlines a range of experiments on the performance footprint of the most relevant secret sharing schemes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages872-879
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781467379519
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015 - Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 20 Aug 201522 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015
Volume1

Conference

Conference14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period20/08/1522/08/15

Keywords

  • Break-glass data recovery
  • Failover protection
  • Multi-cloud
  • Secret shares
  • Self-destruct and keyless encryption

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