A survey on attribute-based encryption schemes of access control in cloud environments

International Journal of Network Security

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 231-240

  Lee, Cheng Chi ^a   Chung, Pei Shan ^b   Hwang, Min Shiang ^c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Access control; Attribute based encryption; Cloud computing; fiNe grained access; Revocation.

Indexed keywords

ACCESS STRUCTURE; ATTRIBUTE-BASED ENCRYPTION SCHEMES; ATTRIBUTE-BASED ENCRYPTIONS; CIPHERTEXT POLICIES; CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS; COMMUNICATION OVERHEADS; FINE-GRAINED ACCESS; REVOCATION;

CLOUD COMPUTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84881510395     PISSN: 1816353X     EISSN: 18163548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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