Development of a Secure Framework for An Unified Authentication Mechanism Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Abstract

Smart Cards are used all over the world to provide personal identification, use services and store information. Since they are usually the single point of authentication that organizations have, extensive research is done to strengthen its security and protect sensitive data such as User credentials from malicious attackers.This paper primarily deals with the development of a secure framework for availing cloud based services and mitigates the disadvantages of its predecessors by providing a more secure way of transferring data across open channels.The framework uses a lightweight cryptography algorithm, namely Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) which helps users transfer data securely. ECC provides stronger security when compared to other popular cryptography methods and requires a smaller key size, which is convenient for resource-constrained devices.