"One of Our Hosts in Another Country": Challenges of Data Geolocation in Cloud Storage

Nicolae Paladi; Antonis Michalas

doi:10.1109/VITAE.2014.6934507

"One of Our Hosts in Another Country": Challenges of Data Geolocation in Cloud Storage

Nicolae Paladi, Antonis Michalas

Department of Electrical and Information Technology

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Abstract

Physical location of data in cloud storage is an increasingly urgent problem. In a short time, it has evolved from the concern of a few regulated businesses to an important consideration for many cloud storage users. One of the characteristics of cloud storage is fluid transfer of data both within and among the data centres of a cloud provider. However, this has weakened the guarantees with respect to control over data replicas, protection of data in transit and physical location of data. This paper addresses the lack of reliable solutions for data placement control in cloud storage systems. We analyse the currently available solutions and identify their shortcomings. Furthermore, we describe a high-level architecture for a trusted, geolocation-based mechanism for data placement control in distributed cloud storage systems, which are the basis of an on-going work to define the detailed protocol and a prototype of such a solution. This mechanism aims to provide granular control over the capabilities of tenants to access data placed on geographically dispersed storage units comprising the cloud storage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems (VITAE)
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-4626-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VITAE.2014.6934507
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems (VITAE) - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 2014 May 11 → 2014 May 14

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Conference	4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems (VITAE)
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	2014/05/11 → 2014/05/14

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Information Systems

Keywords

Data Protection
Secure Cloud Computing
Trusted Cloud Geolocation

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Paladi, N., & Michalas, A. (2014). "One of Our Hosts in Another Country": Challenges of Data Geolocation in Cloud Storage. In 2014 4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems (VITAE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VITAE.2014.6934507

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Paladi, N & Michalas, A 2014, "One of Our Hosts in Another Country": Challenges of Data Geolocation in Cloud Storage. in 2014 4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems (VITAE). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-6, 4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems (VITAE), Aalborg, Denmark, 2014/05/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/VITAE.2014.6934507

"One of Our Hosts in Another Country": Challenges of Data Geolocation in Cloud Storage. / Paladi, Nicolae; Michalas, Antonis.

2014 4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems (VITAE). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 1-6.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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