Title
Attribute-based Encryption for Cloud Computing Access Control: A Survey
Abstract
AbstractAttribute-based encryption (ABE) for cloud computing access control is reviewed in this article. A taxonomy and comprehensive assessment criteria of ABE are first proposed. In the taxonomy, ABE schemes are assorted into key-policy ABE (KP-ABE) schemes, ciphertext-policy ABE (CP-ABE) schemes, anti-quantum ABE schemes, and generic constructions. In accordance with cryptographically functional features, CP-ABE is further divided into nine subcategories with regard to basic functionality, revocation, accountability, policy hiding, policy updating, multi-authority, hierarchy, offline computation, and outsourced computation. In addition, a systematical methodology for discussing and comparing existing ABE schemes is proposed. For KP-ABE and each type of CP-ABE, the corresponding access control scenario is presented and explained by concrete examples. Specifically, the syntax of ABE is given followed by the adversarial model and security goals. ABE schemes are discussed according to the design strategies and special features and are compared in the light of the proposed assessment criteria with respect to security and performance. Compared to related state-of-the-art survey papers, this article not only provides a broader 12 categories of ABE schemes, but also makes a more comprehensive and holistic comparison. Finally, a number of open research challenges in ABE are pointed out.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3398036
ACM Computing Surveys
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Attribute-based encryption, cloud computing, access control, survey
Journal
53
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0360-0300
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yinghui Zhang146828.80
R.H Deng24423362.82
Shengmin Xu3309.83
Jianfei Sun4418.84
Qi Li516830.51
Dong Zheng633543.37