Provably Secure Cryptographic ABAC System to Enhance Reliability and Privacy Using Real-Time Token and Dynamic Policy

Abstract

In this paper we address the problem of reliability and security in an open-access data sharing system. We propose a new framework, called cryptographic attribute-based access control (CABAC), in consistent with the standard ABAC model. Moreover, two new mechanisms, real-time Tokens and secure policy decision-making, are introduced for ensuring secure attribute authorization and verifiable policy decision-making. More important, we present a practical CABAC system to support adaptability and flexibility using dynamically chosen policy and real-time attribute acquisition. We prove that our CABAC system is provably secure in four aspects: the attribute Tokens are existentially unforgeable against chosen-time and chosen-attribute attacks, respectively; the secure policy is existentially unforgeable against chosen-object attack under eBDH assumption; and our entire system is semantically secure against chosen-plaintext attack with Token and policy queries under eGDHE assumption.