SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE SECURITY ENFORCEMENT IN A GRID SYSTEM

• Main Authors: FELLENSTEIN, CRAIG WILLIAM, DI LUOFFO, VINCENZO VALENTINO, DAWSON, CHRISTOPHER JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 08.04.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The "Grid Security Monitor" tracks the security status of resources in a grid computer system. When a client submits a job to the grid scheduler, the Grid Security Monitor creates a security contract. The security contract comprises all the security credentials needed to access the resourc...