Title :
Applicability analysis of grid security mechanisms on cloud networking
Author :
Khan, Rasib Hassan ; Komu, Miika ; Aura, Tuomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland
Abstract :
Grid computing has been around for quite a while. It facilitates utilization of distributed resources and has been extremely popular in its implementation. Grids have evolved enough to secure their operational architecture. On the other hand, cloud computing offers more recent alternative in distributed virtualization of resources, providing an on-demand architecture with a simple model for service charges. However, cloud computing is still struggling with different approaches to secure its operations. This paper discusses the security mechanisms in grid and cloud computing, and based on the current implementations in grid security, proposes a simple architecture for secured access control and policy enforcement system for cloud networks.
Keywords :
cloud computing; grid computing; security of data; access control; applicability analysis; cloud computing; cloud networking; distributed resources; distributed virtualization; grid computing; grid security mechanisms; operational architecture; Cloud computing; Conferences; access control; cloud computing; grid computing; policy enforcement; security;
Conference_Titel :
Cloud and Service Computing (CSC), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1635-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1636-2
DOI :
10.1109/CSC.2011.6138554