Towards a Secure, Tamper-Proof Grid Platform

  • Authors:
  • Andrew Cooper;Andrew Martin

  • Affiliations:
  • Oxford University, UK;Oxford University, UK

  • Venue:
  • CCGRID '06 Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Security concerns currently deter or prohibit many organisations from leveraging the benefits of the grid. When sensitive data is placed under the control of third-party infrastructure it is difficult to obtain assurances that it will be appropriately protected. We develop a grid platform architecture based on a secure root of trust. This component provides a tamperresistant environment for grid job execution that resists attack even if the host itself is compromised. We use Trusted Computing, a security technology currently being integrated into an increasing number of mainstream PCs, for dynamic trust establishment within the grid. These elements are combined to create a novel and practical solution for the grid malicious host problem, ensuring that data integrity and confidentiality is appropriately protected for jobs that span multiple administrative domains.