Towards Secure and Decentralized EDRMS: A Multi-Party Computation and Federated Byzantine Approach

Abstract

Legacy centralized Electronic Document and Records Management Systems (EDRMS) are confronted with security vulnerabilities, single failure points, and regulatory compliance. This paper envisions a decentralized EDRMS with Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC) to ensure privacy-preserving data computation and a Federated Byzantine Agreement (FBA) for fault-tolerant consensus. Secure Multi-Party Computation provides secure computation with secret inputs without sacrificing individual data inputs, while the Federated Byzantine Agreement enhances system reliability by consensus despite faulty or malicious nodes. The proposed solution significantly increases data security, scalability, and compliance with regulatory requirements through cryptographic techniques and distributed protocols. The performance assessment demonstrates a significant rise in accuracy (93%), efficiency (92%), recall (94%), and F1-score (91%), performing better than traditional centralized models. The framework is a solid, privacy-compliant solution for businesses handling sensitive data, like healthcare and finance, to provide safe, resilient, and efficient document management in decentralized settings.