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Grid Security Loopholes with Proposed Countermeasures

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Computer and Information Sciences II

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Grid computing is an emergent computing innovation which offers endless access to computing infrastructure across various organizations (academia and industry). This technology allows the aggregation of various computer systems for usage by different users to run applications. The information stored on these computers may be vulnerable. According to research on attribute based access control for grid computing, security mechanism to authorize and authenticate users, before accessing information on a grid system, is not totally adequate. The issue of security in grid technology has not been fully addressed even though it is a precondition for optimizing grid usability. In this paper some of the security attacks on a grid system were explored and reasonable countermeasures are proposed. An architectural model to prevent any form of attacks explained, is presented.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa

    Nureni Ayofe Azeez & Isabella M. Venter

  2. Department of Informatics, Faculty of Information and Communication, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria South, South Africa

    Tiko Iyamu

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    Erol Gelenbe

  2. Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

    Ricardo Lent

  3. University of East London, London, United Kingdom

    Georgia Sakellari

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Azeez, N.A., Iyamu, T., Venter, I.M. (2011). Grid Security Loopholes with Proposed Countermeasures. In: Gelenbe, E., Lent, R., Sakellari, G. (eds) Computer and Information Sciences II. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2155-8_52

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