Abstract: Cryptography plays a vital role for ensuring secure communication between multiple entities. In many contemporary studies, researchers contributed towards identifying best cryptography mechanisms in terms of their performance results. Selection of cryptographic technique according to a particular context is a big question; to answer this question, many existing studies have claimed that technique selection is purely dependent on desired quality attributes such as efficiency and security. It has been identified that existing reviews are either focused only towards symmetric or asymmetric encryption types. Another limitation is found that a criterion for performance comparisons only covers common parameters. In this paper, we have evaluated the performance of different symmetric and asymmetric algorithms by covering multiple parameters such as encryption/decryption time, key generation time and file size. For evaluation purpose, we have performed simulations in a sample context in which multiple cryptography algorithms have been compared. Simulation results are visualized in a way that clearly depicts which algorithm is most suitable while achieving a particular quality attribute.

Faiqa Maqsood, Muhammad Ahmed, Muhammad Mumtaz Ali and Munam Ali Shah, “Cryptography: A Comparative Analysis for Modern Techniques” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 8(6), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080659

@article{Maqsood2017,
title = {Cryptography: A Comparative Analysis for Modern Techniques},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080659},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080659},
year = {2017},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {8},
number = {6},
author = {Faiqa Maqsood and Muhammad Ahmed and Muhammad Mumtaz Ali and Munam Ali Shah}
}