An Improved Distributed Access Control Model in Cloud Computing by Blockchain

Abstract

With the ever-expanding digital communications and the need for advanced interoperability and collaboration, organizations and entities need to share their digital assets. Cloud computing is now widely used for managing and storing resources. Access control is a critical issue, facing many challenges in distributed environments, including clouds. In this paper, we present a model of the cloud access control system. Our distributed model utilizes a role-based access control to enable the management of resources and the parties’ access securely. We provide interoperability between multiple organizations to access shared resources using Ethereum Blockchain smart contracts and access levels for available resources. Roles define access permissions; however, unlike the traditional role-based access control model, the roles are determined according to the organizations involved' collaborative project, sometimes may not exist in any organization. They can only be created in their interactions. Finally, for evaluating its cost and time parameters. We use Ethereum smart contracts and deploy them in the Ethereum test network called Rinkby,