Cloud computing has become a paradigm shift which allows ubiquitous, on demand access to shared computers. Nevertheless,the delegation of sensitive data to remote clouds servers attracts deep concerns on the data confidentiality, user authentication, accesscontrol and privacy protection. Another aspect that has been gaining momentum as a measure to strengthen securityonthecloudisbiometric based authentication because it intrinsically has the element of uniqueness and non-repudiation. The paper offersageneralsurvey of the biometric-based secure data transmission methods that have been invented in recent decade, includingfingerprintbasedprivacy-preserving data transmission protocols, attribute-based encryption (ABE) schemes, identity-based encryption (IBE) schemeswithrevocation support, and public auditing schemes to ensure integrity of cloud data. We conduct a systematic survey of thecryptographicprimitives such as homomorphic encryption, garbled circuits, ciphertext-policy ABE and convergent key management andexaminehowthey can be applied to the cloud security space. The table of the structured literature, the description of algorithms, andamulti-dimensional comparative analysis have been presented. The paper has found continuing shortcomings in existing methods, whichconsistof high-computational cost, absence of biometric fit jointly, and restricted revocation services, and describesahybridIBEABEFingerprint architecture as a fusion path. The review is a compilation of available sources on cloud security, dataprivacy,andbiometric authentication by researchers and practitioners. Keywords: Biometric Authentication, Cloud Security, Attribute-Based Encryption, Identity-Based Encryption, Privacy-PreservingProtocols, Homomorphic Encryption, Secure Data Transmission, Public Key Infrastructure, Fingerprint Recognition, AccessControl