Attribute-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 …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an information service paradigm based on the integration of
smart objects, mobile devices, and computers via the Internet. IoT technologies are key …

Nowadays, cloud computing and cloud storage services that can reduce the local workload
are becoming increasingly popular, allowing individual and corporate users to upload data …

Blockchain technologies recently received a considerable amount of attention. While the
initial focus was mainly on the use of blockchains in the context of cryptocurrencies such as …

Immutability has been widely accepted as a fundamental property protecting the security of
blockchain technology. However, this property impedes the development of blockchain …

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has provided a promising opportunity to build
digitalized industrial systems. A fundamental technology of IIoT is the radio-frequency …

As an immutable append-only distributed ledger, blockchain allows a group of participants
to reach a consensus in an untrustworthy ecosystem. Immutability is a blockchain feature …

Attribute-based encryption (ABE) is considered to be one of the most suitable schemes for
cryptographic access control in the big data environment. But it still faces many challenges …

Cloud-fog computing is a novel paradigm to extend the functionality of cloud computing to
provide a variety of on-demand data services via the edge network. Many cryptographic …

The expeditious development in cloud-enabled industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) healthcare
has significantly reduced the costs to monitor and protect people at home while notably …