Absolute Data Security Scheme: An Advanced Approach towards Data Security

With the exponential increase in the applications of digitalization, the risk of data breach and theft is also rising tremendously. The abrupt increase in the use of digital money, especially after demonetization and then during Corona pandemic, has developed dependencies on the online transactions via different digital payments and financial service providers. In this it has become challenging to keep the information including credentials, One Time Password etc. secure. In the course of time, number of blooming techniques are introduced which secure the information whether it is in the network or stored at secured architecture. But the soul of these techniques is the complex algorithms that keep the data confidential from the attackers/ unintended users. In this paper we are proposing a robust scheme named as Absolute Data Security Scheme which can be useful for securing applications commonly used in modern environment. A customized version of International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA) algorithm is used in combination with message digest algorithm to provide better security. It is a combination which preserves the confidentiality as well as integrity of the data. This scheme is a combination of encryption; decryption and message digest techniques which contribute in the secure transmission of the data.