An approach to the integration of cryptographic services in the cloud computing supported on a standard interfaces to the execution of cryptographic processes on demand. Study case: Key management protocol interoperability vs. RSA PKCS # 11 standard

Abstract

Cloud Security is one of the biggest challenges that currently this technology is facing. Based on cryptography and keys used to protect information, this paper proposes the integration of key management model in the cloud KMIP with the cryptographic standard protocol PKCS11, responding to the problem of key management, no doubt, one of the main problems to solve when a model of this nature is thought in the cloud. The inclusion of cryptographic hardware reinforces this proposal, which is based in interoperable models that are compatible with high level of security devices like Hardware Security Modules. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.