With the wide-spread deployment of Data Grids, storage services are becoming a critical aspect of the Grid infrastructure. Due to the sensitive and critical nature of the data being stored, security issues related with state of the art data storage services need to be studied thoroughly to identify potential vulnerabilities and attack vectors. In this paper, motivated by a typical use-case for Data Grid storage, we apply an extended framework for analyzing and evaluating security from the point of view of the data and metadata, considering the security capabilities provided by both the underlying Grid infrastructure and two commonly deployed Grid storage systems. This analysis leads to the identification of a set of potential security gaps, risks, and even redundant security features found in a typical Data Grid. These results are the starting point for our ongoing research on policies and mechanisms able to provide a fair balance between security and performance for Data Grid Storage Services.
An Analysis of Security Services in Grid Storage Systems
STAGNI, Federico;
2007
Abstract
With the wide-spread deployment of Data Grids, storage services are becoming a critical aspect of the Grid infrastructure. Due to the sensitive and critical nature of the data being stored, security issues related with state of the art data storage services need to be studied thoroughly to identify potential vulnerabilities and attack vectors. In this paper, motivated by a typical use-case for Data Grid storage, we apply an extended framework for analyzing and evaluating security from the point of view of the data and metadata, considering the security capabilities provided by both the underlying Grid infrastructure and two commonly deployed Grid storage systems. This analysis leads to the identification of a set of potential security gaps, risks, and even redundant security features found in a typical Data Grid. These results are the starting point for our ongoing research on policies and mechanisms able to provide a fair balance between security and performance for Data Grid Storage Services.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
