Enhancing Cloud Security and Privacy With Blockchain Technology

Title

Enhancing Cloud Security and Privacy With Blockchain Technology

Creator

Khandelwal, Parth; Yadav, Lata; Sharma, Vandana

Description

This chapter explores blockchain's potential to address cloud computing security challenges. Despite cloud computing's scalability and cost efficiency, it faces risks like data breaches and regulatory non-compliance, as seen in the 2019 Capital One AWS breach. Blockchain's decentralized ledger, cryptographic hashing, smart contracts, and consensus mechanisms (e.g., PoW, PoS) enhance security through decentralized access control, secure storage, and intrusion detection. Privacy techniques like homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs protect data. Case studies, including IBM Food Trust and MedRec, show practical applications. However, scalability, interoperability, regulatory conflicts (e.g., GDPR), and high costs pose barriers. Solutions like sharding and layer-2 protocols aim to overcome these. Future research focuses on scalability, privacy, hybrid cloud integration, and AI-driven security. Blockchain strengthens cloud security but requires innovation to achieve widespread adoption. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.

Source

Safe Data-Driven Control for Cyber-Physical Systems;pp.53-102

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Khandelwal P., Christ University, India; Yadav L., Christ University, India; Sharma V., Christ University, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-833731834-9; 979-833731832-5;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-1832-5.ch003

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