Author(s)

Nadine Nibigira¹, Vincent Havyarimana², Zhu Xiao³

¹School of Engineering Sciences, University of Burundi Doctoral School, Bujumbura, Burundi.
²Department of Applied Sciences, Burundi Higher Institute of Education (ENS), Bujumbura, Burundi.
³College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.

The elliptic curve cryptography algorithm represents a major advancement in the field of computer security. This innovative algorithm uses elliptic curves to encrypt and secure data, providing an exceptional level of security while optimizing the efficiency of computer resources. This study focuses on how elliptic curves cryptography helps to protect sensitive data. Text is encrypted using the elliptic curve technique because it provides great security with a smaller key on devices with limited resources, such as mobile phones. The elliptic curves cryptography of this study is better than using a 256-bit RSA key. To achieve equivalent protection by using the elliptic curves cryptography, several Python libraries such as cryptography, pycryptodome, pyQt5, secp256k1, etc. were used. These technologies are used to develop a software based on elliptic curves. If built, the software helps to encrypt and decrypt data such as a text messages and it offers the authentication for the communication.

Cryptography, Elliptic Curves, Digital Security, Data, Sensitive Data, Implementation

Nibigira, N. , Havyarimana, V. and Xiao, Z. (2024) Sensitive Information Security Based on Elliptic Curves. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 12, 274-285. doi: 10.4236/wjet.2024.122018.