Secure logistic regression training based on fully homomorphic encryption

Shiwen Wei, Zhili Chen*, Xin Chen, Benchang Dong, Yizheng Ren, Jie Fu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With the advancement of AI, many fields increasingly rely on AI to process data, which raises concerns about privacy breaches. Homomorphic encryption allows computations on encrypted data, offering strong privacy protection. This paper proposes a secure logistic regression model based on the CKKS, achieving an optimal trade-off between computational efficiency and model performance. We improve training efficiency and convergence speed by approximating the Sigmoid activation function with a first-order polynomial and incorporating a momentum-based stochastic gradient descent algorithm. Experimental results show that our secure model strikes an excellent balance between model performance and computational efficiency. Compared to previous studies, our model achieves shorter training times per iteration and consistently outperforms prior work on multiple datasets. Even on the most challenging dataset, the accuracy of our model is only 0.73% lower than that of previous methods. Furthermore, we validate the outstanding performance of the model on large-scale datasets containing real-world data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)424-444
Number of pages21
JournalInternational Journal of Information and Computer Security
Volume28
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025

Keywords

  • CKKS homomorphic encryption
  • logistic regression
  • machine learning
  • privacy-preserving computation

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