Students Data Encryption System Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Algorithm

ABSTRACT:

Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic in recent years has adopted information and communication Technology (ICT) as a means of acquiring and updating student’s registration and examination record on real time through internet. Due to unreliability of these sensitive students’ documents to attacks of various types, there is a need to develop and apply a security measure to protect this information. The technique used in this paper is to understudy the existing security method used in the institution and to develop a 128 key length AES algorithm. Software tools such as VB.net, Ms Access and .net framework V4 were used. The result is employed on a real time processing method as opposed to the online processing method after considering the existing framework in the examination and records unit of the institution. The output result is a system secured from unauthorized access. The system is also recommended as a prototype for other institutions to adopt.

Keywords:

Encryption, Decryption, Advanced Encryption System, Students’ Record, ICT