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Differentially private data sharing in Cloud Federation with blockchain

Differentially private data sharing in Cloud Federation with blockchain
Differentially private data sharing in Cloud Federation with blockchain
Cloud federation is an emergent Cloud-computing paradigm that allows services from different Cloud systems to be aggregated in a single pool. To support secure data-sharing in a Cloud federation, anonymisation services that obfuscate sensitive datasets under differential privacy have been recently proposed. However, by outsourcing data protection to the Cloud, data owners lose control over their data, raising privacy concerns. This is even more compelling in multi-query scenarios where maintaining privacy amounts to controlling the allocation of so-called privacy budget. In this paper we propose a blockchain-based approach that enables data owners to control the nonymisation process, and enhances the security of the services. Our approach relies on blockchain to validate the usage of privacy budget and adaptively change its allocation via smart contracts, depending on the privacy requirements provided by data owners. Prototype implementation with the Hyperledger permissioned blockchain validates our approach with respect to privacy guarantee and practicality.
2325-6095
69-79
Yang, Mu
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Margheri, Andrea
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Hu, Runshan
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Sassone, Vladimiro
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Yang, Mu
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Margheri, Andrea
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Hu, Runshan
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Sassone, Vladimiro
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Yang, Mu, Margheri, Andrea, Hu, Runshan and Sassone, Vladimiro (2018) Differentially private data sharing in Cloud Federation with blockchain. IEEE Cloud Computing, 5 (6), 69-79. (doi:10.1109/MCC.2018.064181122).

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Cloud federation is an emergent Cloud-computing paradigm that allows services from different Cloud systems to be aggregated in a single pool. To support secure data-sharing in a Cloud federation, anonymisation services that obfuscate sensitive datasets under differential privacy have been recently proposed. However, by outsourcing data protection to the Cloud, data owners lose control over their data, raising privacy concerns. This is even more compelling in multi-query scenarios where maintaining privacy amounts to controlling the allocation of so-called privacy budget. In this paper we propose a blockchain-based approach that enables data owners to control the nonymisation process, and enhances the security of the services. Our approach relies on blockchain to validate the usage of privacy budget and adaptively change its allocation via smart contracts, depending on the privacy requirements provided by data owners. Prototype implementation with the Hyperledger permissioned blockchain validates our approach with respect to privacy guarantee and practicality.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 November 2018
Published date: November 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 414815
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/414815
ISSN: 2325-6095
PURE UUID: 97368ffb-4cb9-4bef-af7a-094e8dbf7aa8
ORCID for Mu Yang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9442-9243
ORCID for Andrea Margheri: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5048-8070
ORCID for Runshan Hu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-8850

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Date deposited: 11 Oct 2017 16:31
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 16:18

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Author: Mu Yang ORCID iD
Author: Andrea Margheri ORCID iD
Author: Runshan Hu ORCID iD
Author: Vladimiro Sassone

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