Secure Ranked Keyword Search over Encrypted Cloud Data

• Published in: 2010 IEEE 30th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems pp. 253 - 262
• Main Authors: Cong Wang, Ning Cao, Jin Li, Kui Ren, Wenjing Lou
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Cloud computing; Cryptography; Data privacy; Frequency; Information retrieval; Keyword search; Outsourcing; Protection; Telecommunication traffic; Usability

As Cloud Computing becomes prevalent, sensitive information are being increasingly centralized into the cloud. For the protection of data privacy, sensitive data has to be encrypted before outsourcing, which makes effective data utilization a very challenging task. Although traditional searchable en...