Post Quantum DynSecCloud: Enhancing Cloud Storage Security Against Quantum Threats
SALMA KHANUM, VIRENDRA KUMAR SHARMA
As quantum computing advances, conventional encryption techniques such as RSA, ECC, and even advanced symmetric encryption face increasing risks of cryptanalytic breakthroughs.Cloud storage systems, which host massive volumes of sensitive and distributed data, are especially vulnerable to quantum-based attacks.This paper extends the DynSecCloud framework previously developed with dynamic fragmentation, multi-layer chain encryption, and location-based key management into a post-quantum secure architecture.The proposed post-Quantum DynSecCloud integrates lattice-based, hash-based, and multivariate post-quantum cryptographic primitives to ensure long-term resilience against emerging quantum threats.We analyze the performance trade-offs between quantum-resistant algorithms and traditional RNG-driven chain encryption, focusing on storage overhead, Latency, and throughput in distributed cloud environments.Experimental evaluations demonstrate that although post-quantum cryptography introduces moderate computational overhead, the hybridisation of PQC with dynamic fragmentation minimises the performance impact while significantly enhancing resistance to quantum cryptanalytic models.The findings establish post-Quantum DynSecCloud as a scalable, quantum-resilient cloud security model, offering strong future-proof protection for sensitive data in distributed cloud ecosystems.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL REVIEWS•Jan 1, 2025•0 citations