Multiparty Computation in Practice: Increasing Security of Documents in Enterprise Content Management Systems

TitleMultiparty Computation in Practice: Increasing Security of Documents in Enterprise Content Management Systems
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsGałązkiewicz, A., and A. Wójtowicz
Secondary TitleICSEB 2020: 2020 The 4th International Conference on Software and e-Business
Pagination1–6
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
CityNew York, NY, USA
ISBN Number9781450388849
Punkty ministerialne20
KeywordsCybersecurity, Enterprise Content Management systems, Multiparty computation
Abstract

Multiparty computation is undoubtedly one of the most interesting research topic in information security field, developing dynamically over the last decade. In this work we analyze an application case in which multiparty computation protocols are used to increase the security level of digital resources stored encrypted in cloud environments that are constantly exposed to network threats. The distribution of the cryptographic secrets with the use of multiparty computation modules provides analyzed Enterprise Content Management system with the increased resistance to attacks on key confidentiality. With the proposed approach there is no need to choose between hardware-based cryptographic modules that are secure but expensive and traditional software-based centralized cryptographic modules that are affordable but vulnerable. Due to mass scale of application of Enterprise Content Management, the deployment of the solutions built similarly to the presented prototype may become a factor that significantly minimizes the security risks and business costs. The presented architecture can be used as a solid starting point for building secure enterprise systems that generate negligible costs in relation to their counterparts based on hardware-based cryptographic modules.

URLhttps://doi.org/10.1145/3446569.3446586
DOI10.1145/3446569.3446586