Research on Multi-Authority CP-ABE Access Control Model in Multicloud

In order to solve the problems of data sharing security and policy conflict in multicloud storage systems (MCSS), this work designs an attribute mapping mechanism that extends ciphertext policy attribute-based encryption (CP-ABE), and proposes a multi-authority CP-ABE access control model that satisfies the need for multicloud storage access control. The mapping mechanism mainly involves the tree structure of CP-ABE and provides support for the types of attribute values. The framework and workflow of the model are described in detail. The effectiveness of the model is verified by building a simple prototype system, and the performance of the prototype system is analyzed. The results suggest that the proposed model is of theoretical and practical significance for access control research in MCSS. The CP-ABE has better performance in terms of computation time overhead than other models.