Content centric networking ccn before comparing ccn to the ip system it is important to understand how ccn works. Bubbles infers informationflow rules from these simple context centric accesscontrol rules to enable secure use of untrusted applications on users. Its time to move from netcentric to datacentric signal. With booming web applications and ubiquitous wireless access technologies, as well as widespread smart mobile terminals, users can share the usergenerated content and popular content with others in various forms, such as social networks and peered networks, etc. Following are security analyst rich mogulls principles of information centric security. Rfc 7945 icn evaluation and security september 2016. Evaluation and security considerations abstract this document presents a number of considerations. Datacentric security solutions we partner with you to develop an endtoend, datacentric security program that facilitates complete control over sensitive data, from the point of. Information centric networking icn and software defined networking sdn. In this context, informationcentric networking icn, characterized by. Ccn is characterized by the basic exchange of content request messages called interests and content return messages called content objects. We show how attackers can leverage these caches to monitor what content its users are retrieving. Information centric networking icn is an approach to evolve the internet infrastructure away from a host centric paradigm, based on perpetual connectivity and the endtoend principle, to a network architecture in which the focal point is identified information or content or data.
In contrast to ipbased, hostoriented, internet architecture, content centric networking ccn emphasizes content by making it directly addressable and routable. Datacentric security protect crownjewel data, wherever it is. Mar 10, 2020 unified layer 4 through 7 security policy management. Informationcentric networking security request pdf. Information centric networking over sdn and openflow. Shis datacentric security offerings enable you to identify and secure crown jewel data. Clemson university university of michigan northwestern university. Contentcentric networking ccn andor named data networking ndn, appears to be gaining mindshare in the research community and in industry, and promises to significantly improve network scalability, performance, and reduce cost over a network built on the internet protocol. In contrast to ipbased, hostoriented, internet architecture, content centric networking ccn. The named data networking ndn project has opensourced a software. Ciscos hybrid informationcentric networking gets a workout at verizon.
Jeff man is a respected information security expert, adviser, and evangelist. Software defined networking meets information centric networking. Veltri, information centric networking over sdn and openflow. In this paradigm, connectivity may well be intermittent, endhost and innetwork storage can be capitalized. Abstract information centric networking icn is a new networking paradigm in which the network provides users with content instead of communication channels between hosts. Users today are unable to use the rich collection of thirdparty untrusted applications without risking significant privacy leaks.
Ccn emphasizes content distribution by making content directly addressable. Informationcentric security that fills the gap between traditional dlp that doesnt operate as needed in the cloud and swg that doesnt provide usable, effective content security. To retrieve an ieee spectrum article in a content centric network, a node issues an interest packet yellow for content labeled with the routable prefix of spectrum. Informationcentric networking icn is an approach to evolve the internet infrastructure away from a hostcentric paradigm, based on perpetual connectivity and the endtoend principle, to a network architecture in which the focal point is identified information or content or data. It reapproaches and redefines existing concepts to. Internet, thus, is evolving from an original communication system to a content distribution platform. We present content centric networking ccn which takes content as a primi tive decoupling location from identity, security and access, and retrieving content by name. Cisco, verizon take informationcentric networking for a realworld spin a recent demonstration by cisco and verizon showed that icn could hold benefits for 5g networking, gathering iot data and. Ccn is different from hostcentric architectures because of how it names, and thus values, information over location.
Contentcentric networking from a security perspective. What is the difference between content centric networking and. Cisco aci provides a higherlevel abstraction using endpoint groups epgs and contracts to more easily define policies using the language of applications rather than network topology. Architectural aspects and experiments on the ofelia testbed, computer networks, volume 57, issue 16, november 20, pages 32073221, issn 891286.
In the eyes of a user, applications and peripheral devices exist merely to provide functionality and should have no. Related to the named data networking ndn 4 project, there already. We introduce bubbles, a contextcentric security system that explicitly captures users privacy desires by allowing human contact lists to control access to data clustered by realworld events. Abstractnamed data networking and contentcentric net working ndn and ccn. Glenn edens served as a vice president at the palo alto research center in california for four years, where he oversaw the organizations pioneering work on contentcentric networking.
Softwares inherent flexibility and dynamic nature make it ideal for implementing integration between rapidly evolving systems. Nov 19, 2018 information centric networking security abstract. Information access is the dominant use case in todays internet with more than 90% of internet traffic being content retrieval with video accounting for 60%, both usergenerated and videoondemand services. Informationcentric networking icn is a networking concept that arose from the desire to.
The vision of the project is to develop, promote, and evaluate a new approach to a communications architecture based on an implementation of icn called contentcentric networking ccn. Content centric networking from a security perspective. Softwaredefined networking with open apis will mean real. Software defined networking sdn is an approach that promises to enable the continuous evolution of networking architectures. Abbyy specialises in aibased technologies and solutions for content and process intelligence. The cisco aci whitelistbased policy approach supports a zerotrust model by.
Security, privacy, and access control in information. Boggia politecnico di bari september 2016 informationcentric networking. Mar 20, 2018 coronavirus data centre software security devops business personal tech science emergent. The vision of the project is to develop, promote, and evaluate a new approach to a communications architecture based on an implementation of icn called content centric networking ccn. Pdf the information centric networking icn is a novel concept of a large scale ecosystem of wireless actuators. The need for simulation software for the new information centric networking paradigm has already attracted research e orts. Moving beyond network security to a datacentric approach. Focusing on the information sharing problem in addition to the information security requirement requires an evolution from a 1980s net centric model to a more relevant data management model. Informationcentric networking icn is an emerging communication paradigm built around content names. As a result, named content can be stored anywhere in the network, and each content object can be uniquely addressed and requested. Data centric security protect crownjewel data, wherever it is. This process is commonly known as data classification. It is an approach to evolve the internet infrastructure to directly support datacentric and location independent communications by introducing named data as a core internet principle. Because the content is self identifiable via the name and the security binding any content object can be cached.
The term information centric networking icn is generally used to refer to the entire class of internet architectures that focus on content data as the central entity as opposed to a host centric networking architecture. It involves a zerotrust model that assumes all guests are untrusted and limits the code base. Namebased security for informationcentric networking. Interest messages may be matched against caches along the way, not only at the publishers. It reapproaches and redefines existing concepts to implement what is relevant to todays expectations.
Onchip security such as tee, svp, and watermarking provides movielabs compliant uhd4k content protection. Informationcentric security is particularly suited for cloud environments where information must be identified and protected as it moves in and out of applications, from structured to unstructured environments. Softwaredefined networking sdn was created specifically to solve security issues. The term informationcentric networking icn is generally used to refer to the entire class of internet architectures that focus on contentdata as the central entity as opposed to a hostcentric networking architecture. While ip necessitates that each packet has a destination and source label associated with it, ccn binds a name to the data itself, allowing the packets to be locationindendent yet still functional.
Lets start by explaining the concepts behind informationcentric networking icn. The selected articles cover topics including security mechanisms overview for named data networking ndn, security for an edge named function environment, secure ndn with attribute based cryptography and softwaredefined networking sdn, content protection for ndn, and the design of a. Content and client security, provenance, and identity privacy are intrinsic in. Home news moving beyond network security to a data centric approach. Distributed caching within a content centric network is also possible, requiring multifunctional access parameters across the database. The selected articles cover topics including security mechanisms. However, the internet protocol ip in todays internet is focused on pointtopoint communication, and solving content distribution problems via ips pointtopoint communication is.
Cisco, verizon take informationcentric networking for a. Irtf informationcentric networking research group icnrg. Main features and benefits of the cisco aci security include. The selected articles cover topics including security mechanisms overview for named data networking ndn, security for an edge named function environment, secure ndn with attribute based cryptography and software defined networking sdn, content protection for ndn, and the design of a.
Content centric networking ccn is an alternative to host centric networking exemplified by todays internet. Techtarget defines robotic process automation rpa is the use of software with artificial. The need for simulation software for the new informationcentric networking paradigm has already attracted research e orts. The good, the bad and the rest paolo gasti cs dept. Aug 19, 2019 5 limitations of network centric security in the cloud traditional security solutions aim to identify threats at the perimeter of the enterprise, but threats targeting public clouds require a different level of insight and action. Pdf security attacks on information centric networking for. It will also mean open apis for thirdparty development, which in turn will result in easily integrated network systems, as well as automation for the cloud. Contentcentric networking ccn is a communications architecture based on dissemination rather than conversation. Data becomes independent from location, application, storage, and means of transportation, enabling in network caching and replication. The biggest impact from softwarecentric networking comes in terms of integration.
Cisco aci automates and centrally manages layer 4 through 7 security policies in the context of an application using a unified applicationcentric policy model that works across physical and virtual boundaries as well as thirdparty devices. Focusing on the information sharing problem in addition to the information security requirement requires an evolution from a 1980s netcentric model to a more relevant data management model. Cisco announces important steps toward adoption of. How ciscos application centric infrastructure differs. Informationcentric networking security ieee journals. Cisco, verizon take information centric networking for a realworld spin a recent demonstration by cisco and verizon showed that icn could hold benefits for 5g networking, gathering iot data and. In this paper, we argue that current and proposed applications and datacentric security policies do not map well to users expectations of privacy. Contentcentric and nameddata networking security sprout uci. Several icn architectures such as nameddata networking content. One security critical feature of content centric networking is the introduction of generalpurpose caches that are shared by a small number of users. Informationcentric security provides requisite user access and information security across all environments, including cloud and mobile networks.
The page provides information of ongoing research and implementation of a flavor of next generation computer networks, content centric networking ccn. Ccn is different from host centric architectures because of how it names, and thus values, information over location. Ciscos hybrid informationcentric networking gets a. It seamlessly bridges the worlds of conditional access and drm by utilizing the same content protection engine as expressplay marlin drm to service both broadband and broadcast devices with converged security software. Softwarecentric networking results in thirdparty development and integration. Aug 16, 2015 the term information centric networking icn is generally used to refer to the entire class of internet architectures that focus on content data as the central entity as opposed to a host centric networking architecture. Contentcentric networking ccn is a communications architecture based. Centric security aims to provide security infrastructure for enterprise applications. The goals of ccn are to provide a more secure, flexible and scalable network thereby addressing the internets modernday requirements for secure content. Towards contentoriented orchestration for virtual information centric networking guillaume doyen, on behalfof the doctorconsortium troyes universityof technology charles delaunay institute contact.
Mar 01, 2010 contentbased security van jacobson research fellow, parc ttivanguard at parc february 25, 2010 parc palo alto research center 2. Security, privacy, and access control in informationcentric. Endpoints communicate based on named data instead of ip addresses. Coronavirus data centre software security devops business personal tech science emergent. This data centric approach to security of your network environment starts with a strategic understanding of what data you have and identifying just how valuable the data is to your operations. An examination of informationcentric networking via content. Named data networking has many derivatives such as information centric naming and content centric networking. Content centric networking ccn andor named data networking ndn, appears to be gaining mindshare in the research community and in industry, and promises to significantly improve network scalability, performance, and reduce cost over a network built on the internet protocol. Now that softwaredefined networking has become a reality due to multicore processing and enhanced performance, innovation at the software layer and above will allow for parallelization and virtualization of the network stack. Parc offers contentcentric networking ccnx software to. Another potential direction is employing a softwaredefined networking sdn approach in which a network controller with an overall aggregated view of the. Mar 14, 2018 ten years ago, the world of tech was waking up to three hot new technologies softwaredefined networking, network function virtualisation, and informationcentric networking.
One securitycritical feature of contentcentric networking is the introduction of generalpurpose caches that are shared by a small number of users. Datacentric security solutions we partner with you to develop an endtoend, datacentric security program that facilitates complete control over sensitive data, from the point of creation through the entire data lifecycle. We work with you to identify missioncritical information assets and ensure greater visibility and control with a datafirst security strategy. Instead of a solution based on the number and types of networks, planners can build solutions addressing content classification, data security, information.
He has over 33 years of experience working in all aspects of computer, network, and information security, including risk management, vulnerability analysis, compliance assessment, forensic analysis and penetration testing. Security and privacy challenges in contentcentric networks. Parc offers contentcentric networking ccnx software to advance nextgeneration internet press release palo alto, california parc, a xerox company, today announced that its contentcentric networking ccnx software is now available under the parc software license. What is the difference between content centric networking. Di erent projects in the area have built their own simulation or emulation software to test the performance of their architectures e. Information centric security is an approach to information security paradigm that emphasizes the security of the information itself rather than the security of networks, applications, or even simply data. Cisco, verizon take informationcentric networking for a real. Contentcentric networking ccn before comparing ccn to the ip system it is important to understand how ccn works. Software defined networking sdn is an approach that promises to enable the. It security solutions network and security management.
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