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@article{186653,
        author = {Supriya Raghunath Khatake and Dr Ganesh Gorakhnath Taware},
        title = {Anonymous Authentication Using Attribute-Based Encryption to Secure Cloud Storage},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {2144-2147},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=186653},
        abstract = {With the rapid growth of cloud computing technologies, the need for secure and privacy-focused data storage has become a major challenge. Traditional identity-based or role-based authentication methods often reveal user identities and do not guarantee complete data confidentiality in environments with multiple users. This paper presents a decentralized access control system that uses Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE) to enable anonymous authentication for secure cloud storage. The model keeps user identities hidden while allowing detailed access control based on user attributes. It includes several Key Distribution Centers (KDCs) and a trusted third-party authority (Trustee) for generating tokens and managing keys, ensuring scalability and protection against replay and collusion attacks. The system allows multiple users to access data with read and write permissions based on Boolean attribute policies, preventing unauthorized access and keeping data confidential even from curious administrators. Experimental results indicate that the scheme effectively supports decentralized access, maintains high data integrity, and strikes a strong balance between security and computational efficiency. This work contributes to improving privacy-focused authentication and data protection in distributed cloud setups.},
        keywords = {Anonymous Authentication, Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE), Cloud Data Security, Decentralized Access Control.},
        month = {November},
        }