Security of Data Access in Fog Computing using Location-based Authentication

Abstract

Many organizations, such as military, financial, and banking organizations, implement strict security policies for securing and protecting data from any possible attack. Moreover, these institutions use the Internet of things (IoT) and fog computing for communication and storage that require new solutions to confirming the login process between the two techniques. A methodology for increasing the security for fog computing is proposed in this research. The proposed methodology provides authentication that is based on the location of the device that will perform fog computing during communication, thereby ensuring the secure login to data and legal verification. Furthermore, the proposed methodology is simulated using the LabVIEW simulator with different case studies. Results show that location-based authentication increases authentication confidence and security.