Design and Analysis of Security Protocol for Communication

Preface

Over the past few decades, digital communication has grown by leaps and bounds. The expanding use of the internet in our day-to-day lives has resulted in a six-fold increase in the number of internet users in the past two decades alone, leading to an evolution of technologies for home use such as Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning.

Today, 30% of the total business worldwide is done online, with approximately 25% of banking transactions being done exclusively from smart-phones and laptops at home or the office. Moreover, 50% of the world’s population is currently using social media as a platform for connecting with their friends and colleagues; and primary and higher education institutions are using internet-based education as a tool for enriching students’ knowledge and at the same time keeping track of their academic performance. Now even Government agencies are moving to internet platforms, with most of their services currently available online.

Although this huge volume of internet usage has made life easier for every individual, insecurity or loss of information continues to be a major concern. There have been many cases across the globe of breach of information or platforms leading to loss of data, money, faith and much more.

Various research scientists have done a lot of work over the past five to six decades to develop security protocols for ensuring minimization of breach of data either being stored or under one ...