At the 22nd EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, Prof.
Liqun Chen (University of Surrey) will deliver a keynote presentation on attribute-based
cryptography, covering attribute-based encryption, attribute-based signatures, and attribute-based
searchable encryption, along with three related research contributions developed by his team.
These advanced cryptographic primitives will be relevant to CASTOR in scenarios where integrity,
confidentiality, and authenticity are required. In particular, CASTOR will leverage such approaches at
the network device level to enable secure key management. When a device joins a domain and
requires credentials, attribute-based signatures will provide a mechanism for constructing privacy-
preserving anonymous credentials.
