Securing the virtual organization - Part 1: Requirements from Grid computing

As Grid computing moves from research/academic laboratories to commercial organizations, security is always listed as a key concern. Security remains one of the fundamental barriers to adoption of Grid computing in a wider commercial context. It is not always obvious however exactly what security concerns are most significant. Some of the issues raised can be related to restrictions on intellectual property, while others relate to specific constraints imposed by organisational structures. In other instances, some commercial institutions relate issues of security to trust and competence. This two-part article investigates such issues, along with a classification of security issues within Grid computing. Based on this survey, issues in managing security in collaborative applications deployed over Grid computing infrastructure are presented here in Part 1. Part 2, which will appear in the next issue of Network Security, describes the application of security in the construction industry and the associated security management service architecture