A method including configuring, by an infrastructure device, a first user device to select an encryption key, from among a plurality of encryption keys available to the first user device, for encrypting a metadata key that is utilized to encrypt metadata associated with a file; receiving, by the infrastructure device from the first user device, an encrypted metadata key; transmitting, by the infrastructure device to a second user device, the encrypted metadata key; and configuring, by the infrastructure device, the second user device to select a decryption key, from among a plurality of decryption keys available to the second user device, for decrypting the encrypted metadata key, the decryption key being associated with the encryption key is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.