Grid computing and security uncertainties
March 30, 2006
By Edmund X. DeJesus, Contributor
30 Mar 2006 | SearchSecurity.com
Last week, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced the debut of its Sun Grid Compute Utility, available at www.network.com. The world's first grid available for public, commercial use, Sun Grid was created to serve customers big and small needing inexpensive, simple access to large-scale computing resources.
But within hours, Sun Grid was brought to its knees by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, necessitating an emergency login procedure change. While grid computing may very well revolutionize enterprise computing, the incident underscores the security risks that could prove quite harrowing for enterprises that rely on grid computing.
Source: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/
30 Mar 2006 | SearchSecurity.com
Last week, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced the debut of its Sun Grid Compute Utility, available at www.network.com. The world's first grid available for public, commercial use, Sun Grid was created to serve customers big and small needing inexpensive, simple access to large-scale computing resources.
But within hours, Sun Grid was brought to its knees by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, necessitating an emergency login procedure change. While grid computing may very well revolutionize enterprise computing, the incident underscores the security risks that could prove quite harrowing for enterprises that rely on grid computing.
Source: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/