The rise of the digital economy and the comfort of accessing by way of user mobile devices expedite human endeavors in financial transactions over the Virtual Private Network(VPN)backbone.This prominent application of...The rise of the digital economy and the comfort of accessing by way of user mobile devices expedite human endeavors in financial transactions over the Virtual Private Network(VPN)backbone.This prominent application of VPN evades the hurdles involved in physical money exchange.The VPN acts as a gateway for the authorized user in accessing the banking server to provide mutual authentication between the user and the server.The security in the cloud authentication server remains vulnerable to the results of threat in JP Morgan Data breach in 2014,Capital One Data Breach in 2019,and manymore cloud server attacks over and over again.These attacks necessitate the demand for a strong framework for authentication to secure from any class of threat.This research paper,propose a framework with a base of EllipticalCurve Cryptography(ECC)to performsecure financial transactions throughVirtual PrivateNetwork(VPN)by implementing strongMulti-Factor Authentication(MFA)using authentication credentials and biometric identity.The research results prove that the proposed model is to be an ideal scheme for real-time implementation.The security analysis reports that the proposed model exhibits high level of security with a minimal response time of 12 s on an average of 1000 users.展开更多
Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP)software is extensively used for the management of business processes.ERP offers a system of integrated applications with a shared central database.Storing all business-critical inform...Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP)software is extensively used for the management of business processes.ERP offers a system of integrated applications with a shared central database.Storing all business-critical information in a central place raises various issues such as data integrity assurance and a single point of failure,which makes the database vulnerable.This paper investigates database and Blockchain integration,where the Blockchain network works in synchronization with the database system,and offers a mechanism to validate the transactions and ensure data integrity.Limited research exists on Blockchain-based solutions for the single point of failure in ERP.We established in our study that for concurrent access control andmonitoring of ERP,private permissioned Blockchain using Proof of Elapsed Time consensus is more suitable.The study also investigated the bottleneck issue of transaction processing rates(TPR)of Blockchain consensus,specifically ERP’s TPR.The paper presents systemarchitecture that integrates Blockchain with an ERP system using an application interface.展开更多
文摘The rise of the digital economy and the comfort of accessing by way of user mobile devices expedite human endeavors in financial transactions over the Virtual Private Network(VPN)backbone.This prominent application of VPN evades the hurdles involved in physical money exchange.The VPN acts as a gateway for the authorized user in accessing the banking server to provide mutual authentication between the user and the server.The security in the cloud authentication server remains vulnerable to the results of threat in JP Morgan Data breach in 2014,Capital One Data Breach in 2019,and manymore cloud server attacks over and over again.These attacks necessitate the demand for a strong framework for authentication to secure from any class of threat.This research paper,propose a framework with a base of EllipticalCurve Cryptography(ECC)to performsecure financial transactions throughVirtual PrivateNetwork(VPN)by implementing strongMulti-Factor Authentication(MFA)using authentication credentials and biometric identity.The research results prove that the proposed model is to be an ideal scheme for real-time implementation.The security analysis reports that the proposed model exhibits high level of security with a minimal response time of 12 s on an average of 1000 users.
基金The authors extend their appreciation to the National University of Sciences and Technology for funding this work through the Researchers Supporting Grant,National University of Sciences and Technology,Islamabad,Pakistan.
文摘Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP)software is extensively used for the management of business processes.ERP offers a system of integrated applications with a shared central database.Storing all business-critical information in a central place raises various issues such as data integrity assurance and a single point of failure,which makes the database vulnerable.This paper investigates database and Blockchain integration,where the Blockchain network works in synchronization with the database system,and offers a mechanism to validate the transactions and ensure data integrity.Limited research exists on Blockchain-based solutions for the single point of failure in ERP.We established in our study that for concurrent access control andmonitoring of ERP,private permissioned Blockchain using Proof of Elapsed Time consensus is more suitable.The study also investigated the bottleneck issue of transaction processing rates(TPR)of Blockchain consensus,specifically ERP’s TPR.The paper presents systemarchitecture that integrates Blockchain with an ERP system using an application interface.