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An Autonomic Security Monitor for Distributed Operating Systems

(Invited Paper)
  • Alvaro E. Arenas
  • Benjamin Aziz
  • Szymon Maj
  • Brian Matthews
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6994)

Abstract

This paper presents an autonomic system for the monitoring of security-relevant information in a Grid-based operating system. Our approach is multi-layered. The first layer is security-agnostic, monitoring the states of processes and jobs. The second layer is security-aware, monitoring pre-defined security events and co-relating then using rule-based policies. Policies are capable of controlling the system environment based on changes in levels of CPU/memory usage, accesses to system resources, detection of abnormal behaviour such as DDos attacks.

Keywords

Virtual Organization Rule Engine Audit Service Security Event Distribute Operating System 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

Authors and Affiliations

  • Alvaro E. Arenas
    • 1
  • Benjamin Aziz
    • 2
  • Szymon Maj
    • 3
  • Brian Matthews
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Information SystemsInstituto de Empresa Business SchoolMadridSpain
  2. 2.School of ComputingUniversity of PortsmouthPortsmouthU.K.
  3. 3.AGH University of Science and TechnologyKrakowPoland
  4. 4.STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratorye-Science CentreOxfordshireU.K.

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