Secure Access Control to Data in Off-Chain Storage in Blockchain-Based Consent Systems

Mongetro Goint (), Cyrille Bertelle and Claude Duvallet
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Mongetro Goint: LITIS, Université Le Havre Normandie, UR 4108, Le Havre, F-76000 Rouen, France
Cyrille Bertelle: LITIS, Université Le Havre Normandie, UR 4108, Le Havre, F-76000 Rouen, France
Claude Duvallet: LITIS, Université Le Havre Normandie, UR 4108, Le Havre, F-76000 Rouen, France

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: Data access control is a crucial aspect of data management. Actors who want to share data need systems to manage consent in order to decide who can access their data. This guarantees the privacy of data, which is often sensitive. As a secure distributed ledger, the blockchain is widely used today to manage consent for data access. However, a blockchain is not ideal for storing large volumes of data due to its characteristics. Therefore, it is often coupled with off-chain systems to facilitate the storage of these kinds of data. Therefore, data located outside the blockchain require security procedures. This article proposes a securing mechanism based on data encryption to secure data in off-chain storage in blockchain-based consent systems. The protocol uses a symmetric key system, which prevents the reading of data stored outside the sphere of the blockchain by malicious actors who would have access. The mechanism’s set up allows each set of data to be encrypted with a symmetric key that is anchored in a blockchain. This key is then used by the actors who have obtained the consent of the data owner to access and read the data stored outside the blockchain.

Keywords: blockchain; data access; smart contracts; data encryption; distributed ledger (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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