Blockchain-Enabled Hybrid Quantum-Safe Attribute-Based Access Control Scheme with Attribute Revocation Strategy for Smart Healthcare System

Abstract

A scalable and adaptable paradigm for implementing fine-grained authorization in distributed systems, such as smart healthcare, is Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). ABAC offers dynamic data sharing capabilities, which are crucial for modern healthcare systems, by allowing access decisions based on user attributes. ABAC is frequently combined with cryptographic techniques to further improve the security of data transfer and protect private medical records in untrusted settings. However, it is still difficult to ensure both effective management of massive amounts of medical data and robust security against new quantum threats. In this paper, we present a hybrid quantum-safe ABAC framework for secure smart healthcare data sharing. The proposed technique enables secure and efficient access control over encrypted medical records by combining fine-grained attribute-based policy enforcement with lightweight cryptographic primitives. The proposed scheme is appropriate for practical smart healthcare settings, as it supports efficient access verification and dynamic attribute management. Security analysis shows that the framework maintains data secrecy and access control correctness while offering resistance against quantum adversaries. Performance evaluation shows that the proposed framework achieves lower computational, communication, and storage overhead compared to existing approaches. Thus, the proposed framework integrates fine-grained attribute-based access control with quantum-safe communication techniques and blockchain-assisted attribute management in order to enable secure, efficient, and scalable data sharing in smart healthcare systems.