Title :
Dynamic Detection and Tolerance of Attacks in Storage Area Networks
Author :
Djemaiel, Yacine ; Boudriga, Noureddine
Author_Institution :
Univ. of the 7th of November at Carthage, Carthage
Abstract :
Due to the increasing amount of data handled by business applications and the need of an easy way to access data by multiple servers, storage area networks (SANs) have been proposed as a solution to be deployed in enterprises networks. Despite their advantages, a set of security issues are related to these next generation high speed network architectures and that may be a threat to the performance and the availability of such networks. In this paper, we propose an intrusion detection and tolerance system that ensures protection of the SANs against attacks. The proposed solution is based on: (a) the management of two areas (virtual area and protected area) at each storage node; (b) the cooperation of detection modules running on each SAN component; and (c) the use of distributed set of rules that are updated and managed in a secure manner. A case study is given to illustrate the proposed system capabilities in terms of intrusion detection and tolerance.
Keywords :
storage area networks; telecommunication security; SAN; attacks tolerance; dynamic detection; enterprise networks; intrusion detection; next generation high speed network architecture; protected area; storage area networks; tolerance system; virtual area; Availability; Data security; High-speed networks; Intrusion detection; Network servers; Next generation networking; Protection; Secure storage; Storage area networks; Storage Area Network; dynamic rules; intrusion detection; protected area; storage device; transaction;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Workshops, 2008. AINAW 2008. 22nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Okinawa
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3096-3
DOI :
10.1109/WAINA.2008.34