Homomorphic encryption – Need of the hour

Abstract

Every common day the headlines of the newspaper are buzzed with data leaks and mobbing of data. The hackers are considering human just as a moving data. As the technology is advancing, we are more prone to cyber-attacks. With the ease of advancement there are certain cons which are approaching towards us. To protect the individuality of a human being, few governments of different countries have taken a step ahead to demoralize the illegal access to data hence inhibiting security. Homomorphic encryption is the trend or technique by which data can be protected as the encryption is done on the ciphertext. In this paper different types and techniques of homomorphic encryption is discussed. The techniques provide a secure environment for data to run on any application.