Multi-layered access control based auto tuning relational key implications in enterprise-level multi-tenancy

This article discusses the importance of cloud-based multi-tenancy in private–public-private secure cloud environments, which is achieved through the isolation of end-user data and resources into tenants to ensure data confidentiality and integrity. Maintaining secure access control is a complex and critical task in multi-tenant cloud environments, and researchers have proposed innovative methods for implementing security, privacy, and authenticity. However, several challenges remain. The proposed research addresses these challenges by presenting a layered approach to multi-tenancy in an enterprise-level cloud environment. The study has three main objectives: (1) to describe and analyze the complexities of enterprise-based multi-tenancy and proposed technical solutions in a tabular format; (2) to propose multi-tenant test cases across application, software, infrastructure, and network as a service environment; and (3) to present a collaborative, relational optimal key-based multi-tenancy access control model. The proposed access control model involves integrating various secure layers, such as intranet, extranet, intra-extranet, and using feasible relational optimal keys to provide secure multi-tenant access control among various tenants of single and multiple enterprises. This model provides secure data transmission by integrating various multi-layer data filters and secure blades. The layered multi-tenancy approach offers many benefits and technical feasibilities to avoid security and privacy issues in enterprise-based multi-tenant environments. The process achieved a 93% secure mapping rate to authenticate all IN and OUT data access transactions among the various multi-tenancy of similar and distinct enterprises.