9–13 Jul 2018
Sofia, Bulgaria
Europe/Sofia timezone

Operational security, threat intelligence & distributed computing: the WLCG Security Operations Center Working Group

10 Jul 2018, 15:15
15m
Hall 7 (National Palace of Culture)

Hall 7

National Palace of Culture

presentation Track 3 – Distributed computing T3 - Distributed computing

Speaker

David Crooks (University of Glasgow (GB))

Description

The modern security landscape for distributed computing in High Energy Physics (HEP) includes a wide range of threats employing different attack vectors. The nature of these threats is such that the most effective method for dealing with them is to work collaboratively, both within the HEP community and with partners further afield - these can, and should, include institutional and campus security teams. In parallel with this work, an appropriate technology stack is essential, incorporating current work on Big Data analytics.

The work of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) Security Operations Center (SOC) working group is to pursue these goals to form a reference design (or guidelines) for WLCG sites of different types. The strategy of the group is to identify necessary components - starting with threat intelligence (MISP) and network monitoring (Bro) - and build a working model over time.

We present on the progress of the working group thus far, in particular on the programme of workshops now underway. These workshops give an opportunity to engage with sites to allow the development of advice and procedures for deployment, as well as facilitating wider discussions on how to best work with trust groups at different levels. These trust groups vary in scope but can include institutes, NGIs and the WLCG as a whole.

Primary authors

David Crooks (University of Glasgow (GB)) Liviu Valsan (CERN)

Presentation materials