Afnan Habibullah
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Research Subjects
Afnan Habibullah has a total of 2 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Asia Othman Aljahdali
Cybersecurity Department, College of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1 shared publication - Huda Aljohani
Cybersecurity Department, College of Computer Sciences and Engineering, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 13 October 2023
- Published by Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research in Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research
- Vol. 13 (5) , 11807-11815
Efficient and Secure Access Control for IoT-based Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring devices based on IoT collect a large amount of data about the environment and our surroundings. These data are collected and processed before being uploaded to third-party servers and accessed and viewed by ordinary or specialized users. However, they may hold sensitive information that should not be exposed to unauthorized users. Therefore, accessing this sensitive information must be strictly controlled and limited in order to prevent unauthorized access. This research intends to create an access control mechanism based on distributed ledger technologies. The idea is to use a hybrid of IOTA technology and Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Signcryption (CP-ABSC) technology. The permissions to access these data are written in a token, and this token will be sent to the Tangle after being signcrypted with CP-ABSC. Consequently, the data will be safeguarded, their confidentiality and integrity will be maintained, and unauthorized individuals will be unable to access the information. The proposed system was evaluated in terms of performance and the results showed that the system is straightforward, rapid, and convenient to use. Furthermore, a security assessment was conducted by running several scenarios to evaluate its feasibility and protection.
- 13 October 2023
- Published by Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research in Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research
- Vol. 13 (5) , 11807-11815
Open AccessEfficient and Secure Access Control for IoT-based Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring devices based on IoT collect a large amount of data about the environment and our surroundings. These data are collected and processed before being uploaded to third-party servers and accessed and viewed by ordinary or specialized users. However, they may hold sensitive information that should not be exposed to unauthorized users. Therefore, accessing this sensitive information must be strictly controlled and limited in order to prevent unauthorized access. This research intends to create an access control mechanism based on distributed ledger technologies. The idea is to use a hybrid of IOTA technology and Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Signcryption (CP-ABSC) technology. The permissions to access these data are written in a token, and this token will be sent to the Tangle after being signcrypted with CP-ABSC. Consequently, the data will be safeguarded, their confidentiality and integrity will be maintained, and unauthorized individuals will be unable to access the information. The proposed system was evaluated in terms of performance and the results showed that the system is straightforward, rapid, and convenient to use. Furthermore, a security assessment was conducted by running several scenarios to evaluate its feasibility and protection.