Remote attestation approach by cross-layer security policy translation
by Lingbo Jiang; Yuping Wang; Tiehua Wen; Jianfeng Tan
International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN), Vol. 9, No. 5/6, 2016

Abstract: The security policy can exactly reflect the security expectations of system models. Besides, it is also an important method of remote attestation of computing environment, which is based on model behaviours. Existing policy measurement approaches focus on single model. However, practical policies usually include various kinds of model properties so that existing methods cannot meet the demands of combined policy measurement and unified expectations of multiple collaborative mechanisms and dynamic control systems. This paper proposes a novel remote attestation approach based on cross-layer security policy translation, CPMA, which is used to verify security expectations and combined policy measurements of multiple model systems. CPMA presents security exception expressions and the descriptions of the high-layer policy and the low-layer policy. It also designs the translation algorithm and verification algorithm with low overhead to achieve the trusted measurement of multiple mechanism policies. Extensive evaluations show that CPMA can measure and verify system actions accurately and effectively.

Online publication date: Tue, 22-Nov-2016

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com