A novel IRIS based data storage and retrieval in cloud environment (IBDS)

Security parameters are to be taken at most care when data is to be migrated to the cloud environment. Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box etc. are popular File Storage providers for the Cloud. Recently, the reported vulnerabilities of servers using OpenSSL has created insecurities among Cloud users. Hence, it is essential to encrypt the files before uploading to the cloud. In this paper a novel encryption and decryption method is proposed for secure data storage and retrieval using human iris for generating secret key for encryption of data before storing data on to the cloud. The data security model proposed in this paper eliminates the fear of misuse of data by the cloud service provider thereby improving data security. Also, cryptanalysis of the proposed algorithm is also discussed.