System Analysis of a Secure and Private Storage Cloud System

安全私有存储云系统的系统分析

• 批准号: 486094-2015
• 负责人: Maheswaran, Muthucumaru
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=585396
• 关键词: System; Analysis; Secure; Private; Storage

The network solutions team in Ciena wants to setup a storage cloud to host the network analysis and visualization services they offer to their customers. The proposed storage cloud will host data describing customers' network configurations and applications that can be used to analyze the data in variety of ways. One of the primary challenges in the design and implementation of the storage cloud is the security and privacy of the hosted data. The purpose of this project is to perform a careful system analysis to determine the security and privacy issues involved in designing and implementing a storage cloud for Ciena. Our approach is to develop a quick prototype of the storage cloud and use it to host example applications from the Ciena network solutions team and examine the relevant issues. In particular, we would deploy different security mechanisms such as encrypted file systems and examine the issues it creates in terms of usability and programmability for the different users of the storage cloud. Because Ciena is yet to deploy a storage cloud for the network solutions applications they do not have solid data on the design requirements for the storage cloud. We believe a quick prototype will fix this deficiency by providing valuable data and insights into the storage cloud design and implementation from Ciena network solutions application point-of-view. In prior research projects we have examined resource management and other systems issues of large-scale platforms such as Grids and cloud computing systems. Also, we have researched data privacy problems such as information flow control in large-scale social systems and cloud computing systems. In ongoing research we are investigating lightweight architectures for multi-cloud computing systems. Therefore, Ciena could leverage our expertise in various aspects storage cloud computing design and implementation through this collaborative research project.

Ciena的网络解决方案团队希望设置一个存储云来托管网络分析， 他们为客户提供的可视化服务。拟议的存储云将托管数据， 客户的网络配置和应用程序，可用于以各种方式分析数据。一 存储云设计和实施中的主要挑战之一是 托管数据。该项目的目的是进行仔细的系统分析，以确定安全性和 设计和实施Ciena存储云所涉及的隐私问题。我们的方法是开发一个 存储云的快速原型，并将其用于托管Ciena网络解决方案中的示例应用程序 团队并研究相关问题。特别是，我们将部署不同的安全机制，例如 加密的文件系统，并检查它在可用性和可编程性方面产生的问题， 存储云的不同用户。由于Ciena尚未为网络解决方案部署存储云， 他们没有关于存储云设计要求的可靠数据。我们相信， prototype将通过提供有价值的数据和对存储云设计的见解来解决这一缺陷， 从Ciena网络解决方案应用程序的角度实现。 在以前的研究项目中，我们已经研究了资源管理和其他大规模的系统问题， 网格和云计算系统等平台。此外，我们还研究了数据隐私问题，例如 大规模社会系统和云计算系统中的信息流控制。在正在进行的研究中， 正在研究多云计算系统的轻量级架构。因此，Ciena可以利用 我们在各个方面的专业知识存储云计算的设计和实施，通过这一合作 研究项目。