Holographic Data Provenance for Immutable Cloud Recovery Leveraging Holography and Blockchain for Tamper-Proof Forensic Trails

Abstract

The proliferation of ransomware and advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks has exposed critical vulnerabilities in cloud data recovery frameworks. Traditional 2D provenance models lack the spatial granularity and tamper resistance required for forensic reconstruction. This paper introduces a novel architecture merging holographic storage with blockchain technology to create immutable 3D data provenance trails. Holography enables volumetric encoding of metadata within light-field interference patterns, while blockchain ensures decentralized, cryptographically verified audit logs. Experimental results demonstrate a 98.7% reduction in tamper susceptibility and 40% faster forensic traceability compared to legacy systems. The framework achieves a write latency of 12 ms/TB for holographic storage and 99.99% consensus efficiency in blockchain validation, setting a new benchmark for cloud recovery resilience.