Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems
Data access control is a crucial aspect of data management. Actors who want to share data need systems to manage consent in order to decide who can access their data. This guarantees the privacy of data, which is often sensitive. As a secure distributed ledger, the blockchain is widely used today to...
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| description | Data access control is a crucial aspect of data management. Actors who want to share data need systems to manage consent in order to decide who can access their data. This guarantees the privacy of data, which is often sensitive. As a secure distributed ledger, the blockchain is widely used today to manage consent for data access. However, a blockchain is not ideal for storing large volumes of data due to its characteristics. Therefore, it is often coupled with off-chain systems to facilitate the storage of these kinds of data. Therefore, data located outside the blockchain require security procedures. This article proposes a securing mechanism based on data encryption to secure data in off-chain storage in blockchain-based consent systems. The protocol uses a symmetric key system, which prevents the reading of data stored outside the sphere of the blockchain by malicious actors who would have access. The mechanism’s set up allows each set of data to be encrypted with a symmetric key that is anchored in a blockchain. This key is then used by the actors who have obtained the consent of the data owner to access and read the data stored outside the blockchain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c43152267dc4f4e98e46cd16de718ea2023-11-17T17:07:50ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902023-03-01117159210.3390/math11071592Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent SystemsMongetro Goint0Cyrille Bertelle1Claude Duvallet2LITIS, Université Le Havre Normandie, UR 4108, Le Havre, F-76000 Rouen, FranceLITIS, Université Le Havre Normandie, UR 4108, Le Havre, F-76000 Rouen, FranceLITIS, Université Le Havre Normandie, UR 4108, Le Havre, F-76000 Rouen, FranceData access control is a crucial aspect of data management. Actors who want to share data need systems to manage consent in order to decide who can access their data. This guarantees the privacy of data, which is often sensitive. As a secure distributed ledger, the blockchain is widely used today to manage consent for data access. However, a blockchain is not ideal for storing large volumes of data due to its characteristics. Therefore, it is often coupled with off-chain systems to facilitate the storage of these kinds of data. Therefore, data located outside the blockchain require security procedures. This article proposes a securing mechanism based on data encryption to secure data in off-chain storage in blockchain-based consent systems. The protocol uses a symmetric key system, which prevents the reading of data stored outside the sphere of the blockchain by malicious actors who would have access. The mechanism’s set up allows each set of data to be encrypted with a symmetric key that is anchored in a blockchain. This key is then used by the actors who have obtained the consent of the data owner to access and read the data stored outside the blockchain.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/7/1592blockchaindata accesssmart contractsdata encryptiondistributed ledger |
| spellingShingle | Mongetro Goint Cyrille Bertelle Claude Duvallet Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems Mathematics blockchain data access smart contracts data encryption distributed ledger |
| title | Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems |
| title_full | Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems |
| title_fullStr | Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems |
| title_short | Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems |
| title_sort | secure access control to data in off chain storage in blockchain based consent systems |
| topic | blockchain data access smart contracts data encryption distributed ledger |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/7/1592 |
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