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Transparent Access on Encrypted Data Distributed over Multiple Cloud Infrastructures

Authors:
Luca Ferretti
Michele Colajanni
Mirco Marchetti
Adriano Enrico Scaruffi

Keywords: cloud,storage,encryption,file system,replication

Abstract:
Using cloud infrastructures to store and backup data is becoming a popular alternative that guarantees performance and scalability at reasonable prices. However, standard cloud solutions could raise some concerns about data confidentiality and dependency on a single provider. We aim to address these issues by using cloud storage of multiple cloud providers. Our solution ciphers, partitions and replicates data among multiple cloud architectures, thus augmenting availability and confidentiality, and avoiding lock-in of one cloud provider. The proposed model is implemented through open source software that leverages data storage offered by multiple providers. This prototype demonstrates the effectiveness of the geographically distributed architecture in several real case scenarios.

Pages: 201 to 207

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: May 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-271-4

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from May 27, 2013 to June 1, 2013