A method of verifying public parameters from a trusted center in an identity-based encryption system prior to encrypting a plaintext message by a sender having a sender identity string may include: identifying the trusted center by a TC identity string, the trusted center having an identity-based public encryption key of the trusted center based on the TC identity string; determining if the sender has a sender private key and the public parameters for the trusted center including the public encryption key of the trusted center and a bilinear map; and verifying the public parameters using the TC identity string prior to encrypting the plaintext message into a ciphertext by comparing values of the bilinear map calculated with variables from the trusted center. The ciphertext may include a component to authenticate the sender once the ciphertext is received and decrypted by the recipient using the private key of the recipient.