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Cryptography protects data in storage, transmission, and process. The means of communication are susceptible to security threats and may be compromised by attackers who can breach the privacy of confidential data. Most of the traditional used symmetric algorithm uses a single key for encrypting the data. If this single key is compromised, the data is no longer secure. This paper will propose a new symmetric block cipher encryption algorithm that uses multiple keys instead of a single one. Therefore, even if one or more keys are compromised, a complete set of keys is required for a successful attack. The strength of the proposed algorithm relies on massive built-in database sets that are represented as keys. The program will pick from these keys based on random measures. The algorithm is programmed in Python, and a performance comparison with another symmetric algorithm Advanced Encryption Algorithm (AES) is provided, which shows promising results.
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Alharbi, J., Alluhaybi, S., Alsaiari, R., Aljalouji, R. (2022). Proposal of an Efficient Encryption Algorithm for Securing Communicated Information. In: Suma, V., Baig, Z., Kolandapalayam Shanmugam, S., Lorenz, P. (eds) Inventive Systems and Control. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 436. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1012-8_3
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