Towards a Model for Side Access Free Grid Resources by Means of Virtualized Data Grids

Abstract

Sharing data within Grid environments can potentially result in losing control over data usage. If the shared information is medical data laws must be followed, enabling tightly controlled, reconstructible access. To comply with these regulations it must be guaranteed, that each data access and modification is recorded to enable audit trails. The provided solution introduces a new concept for virtualized Data Grid environments which consist of a secure virtual machines, harnessing secure data hosting and indemnifying thorough audit trails by logging each data interaction. This solves the problem of traceability and side-access.