Security issues relating to inadequate authentication in MapReduce applications

James Dyer; Waleed W Smari; Vesna Zeljkovic; Ning Zhang

doi:10.1109/HPCSim.2013.6641427

Security issues relating to inadequate authentication in MapReduce applications

James Dyer
, Waleed W Smari (Editor)
, Vesna Zeljkovic (Editor)
, Ning Zhang

The University of Manchester

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In this paper, we discuss security issues relating to inadequate authentication in MapReduce applications. We examine MapReduce applications deployed in the cloud, as this environment significantly increases security risks to the applica-tions. We outline a generic model of MapReduce computation and then perform a detailed threat analysis of this model. Then, based on this threat analysis, we produce a set of security requirements for the design of an authentication solution for MapReduce applications. We then review related work against these requirements, and conclude that most of the work surveyed does not address two of our requirements, which we believe to be of significant importance when deploying MapReduce in the cloud.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS), 2013 International Conference on
Editors	Waleed W Smari, Vesna Zeljkovic
Place of Publication	IEEE Xplore
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	281-288
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-0836-3, 9781479908363
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCSim.2013.6641427
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2013
Event	High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS), 2013 International Conference on - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 1 Jul 2013 → 5 Jul 2013

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Conference	High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS), 2013 International Conference on
City	Helsinki, Finland
Period	1/07/13 → 5/07/13

Keywords

Cloud computing, scalable computing, security, authentication, access control

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Dyer, J, Smari, WW (ed.), Zeljkovic, V (ed.) & Zhang, N 2013, Security issues relating to inadequate authentication in MapReduce applications. in WW Smari & V Zeljkovic (eds), High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS), 2013 International Conference on. IEEE, IEEE Xplore, pp. 281-288, High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS), 2013 International Conference on, Helsinki, Finland, 1/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCSim.2013.6641427

Security issues relating to inadequate authentication in MapReduce applications. / Dyer, James; Smari, Waleed W (Editor); Zeljkovic, Vesna (Editor) et al.
High Performance Computing and Simulation (HPCS), 2013 International Conference on. ed. / Waleed W Smari; Vesna Zeljkovic. IEEE Xplore: IEEE, 2013. p. 281-288.

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