Operational Security Requirements for Large Collaborative Compute Infrastructures

Himanshu Khurana; Jim Basney; Von Welch; Roy Campbell

1st International ICST Workshop on Trusted Collaboration

Research Article

Operational Security Requirements for Large Collaborative Compute Infrastructures

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    author={Himanshu Khurana and Jim Basney and Von Welch and Roy Campbell},
    title={Operational Security Requirements for Large Collaborative Compute Infrastructures},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Trusted Collaboration},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={TRUSTCOL},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={Authentication Collaboration Delay Grid computing Information security Large Hadron Collider NASA National security Resource management Space shuttles},
    doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361884}
}

Himanshu Khurana
Jim Basney
Von Welch
Roy Campbell
Year: 2007
Operational Security Requirements for Large Collaborative Compute Infrastructures
TRUSTCOL
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361884

Himanshu Khurana^1,2^,*, Jim Basney¹^,*, Von Welch^1,2^,*, Roy Campbell²^,*

1: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
2: Information Trust Institute (ITI), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

*Contact email: hkhurana@uiuc.edu, jbasney@uiuc.edu, vwelch@uiuc.edu, rhc@uiuc.edu

Abstract

Large collaborative infrastructures that span multiple organizations such as those that enable grid computing and scientific experimentation are being deployed and used today. In order to secure these infrastructures a comprehensive requirements study is needed that takes into account the novel risks, threats, and operational issues brought on by the large-scale, distributed nature of these systems. In this paper we argue that gaps in security policies and procedures combined with organizational autonomy are the primary drivers motivating a set of requirements that go beyond those observed today. With three example infrastructures in mind, namely, Teragrid, LHC Grid, and GEM, we explore the novel risks, threats, and operational issues to compose a set of operational security requirements; the satisfaction of which are essential for securing such large collaborative infrastructures.

Keywords: Authentication Collaboration Delay Grid computing Information security Large Hadron Collider NASA National security Resource management Space shuttles

Published: 2007-05-21
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361884