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Data Privacy-Preserving Using Homomorphic Encryption: A Comparative Study

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Abstract

Privacy has gained interest recently due to the huge amount of data collected and shared through social media platforms, government institutions, and private companies. This raises huge concerns, especially when data is shared with third parties. Sensitive data, such as employee information, strategic plans, contracts, etc., can be exposed if the third-party controls are ineffective or compromised. Another concern is related to the fact that third parties might retain the information for a longer time than required or misuse the information for a purpose other than the original agreement. Also, the data can be corrupted or altered by a third party during the processing. To address these challenges, Homomorphic encryption (HE) is one of the most optimal techniques to protect sensitive data while processing or sharing it with third parties. This paper proposes a comparative study of different homomorphic encryption schemes, including Paillier, Exponential ElGamal, and Okamoto-Uchiyama, to showcase their impact on preserving the privacy of shared data. As a result, Okamoto-Uchiyama outperforms the benchmarks in terms of execution time for encryption, decryption, and addition operations. However, Exponential ElGamal demonstrated efficient encryption and additional operations, but has the slowest decryption process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advances in Communication Technology and Computer Engineering, ICACTCE 24 - Transforming Industries
Subtitle of host publicationHarnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things
EditorsCelestine Iwendi, Zakaria Boulouard, Natalia Kryvinska
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages298-309
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031946196
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Event4th International Conference on Advances in Communication Technology and Computer Engineering, ICACTCE 2024 - Marrakech, Morocco
Duration: Nov 29 2024Nov 30 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume1312 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Advances in Communication Technology and Computer Engineering, ICACTCE 2024
Country/TerritoryMorocco
CityMarrakech
Period11/29/2411/30/24

Keywords

  • decryption
  • Homomorphic encryption
  • Privacy-preserving
  • Secret Key
  •  data breach

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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