SECURE FILES STORAGE ON AWS S3 USING AES ALGORITHM

Abstract

Many people around the world use cloud computing services, which are provided by companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. One of the commonly used services is the cloud storage service. The service allows users to store and retrieve data over the Internet from anywhere, however, the remotely stored data maintained by the service provider raises data security and privacy concerns. As the security of cloud computing is a wide set of policies, technologies and controls to protect the data spread on its various servers distributed around the world. In this project, I suggest applying a method for encrypting files before uploading to the cloud based on an approach called Client Side Encryption in which the user will be responsible for creating and managing the encryption key and also responsible for the encryption and decryption currencies. The proposed mechanism is to use the AES-256 algorithm to encrypt files before uploading, whereby the key is first generated on the client and then the key is used to encrypt the file before uploading to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). In an attempt to enhance the level of security and protection for this data while it is on the Internet, and thus increase the confidence of users, whether individuals or organizations, in using cloud services.