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Athlone Institute of Technology
 
Job Title:  Postdoctoral position in Mobile Cloud Security 
Job Number:  4010633 
Date Posted:  02/11/2012 
Application Deadline: 12/3/2012 

Job Description

The Software Research Institute in Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) is seeking to recruit a post-doctoral researcher in the area of cloud security. The opening has arisen in response to a recent research award to establish a national applied research centre in Cloud Computing in association with leading Irish universities in Cork and Dublin. Particular research themes are outlines below.
Researchers are required to have a good understanding of basic security concepts (authorisation, access control, authentication, policy management, PKI, intrusion detection etc), as well as advanced knowledge in one or more of the technologies below. A demonstrated experience of development from concept formulation through prototype delivery is critical as this research will be industry led and focused.
Please contact Brian lee (blee@ait.ie) for more information.
Mobility and Security in the Cloud
The growth in the use of mobile devices is well-known and presents a security
challenge; device management in the context of the variety of devices and mobile
operating systems increases.
The use of mobile devices with Cloud based services requires a balance between the
need for high security levels while facilitating the device mobility for increased user
productivity. Security standards for mobile devices should be developed within the
context of an overall security policy for the Cloud based service.
The objective is to develop standardised approaches and methods, with the application of security software, to ensure data integrity and security when using mobile devices with Cloud Computing.

Scalable and Single/Multi-tenant environment Sub-Theme
Cloud Computing departs from an On-Premise system model in that it provides a set
of services via one instance to multiple users or ‘tenants’. This sharing of an instance
can pose additional security challenges internally in addition to the traditional security
concerns arising from unauthorised external access
To ensure that additional service requirements are catered for as additional users
arrive and depart to use the service(s), the provision and removal of resources should
not weaken security at any level.
This security research sub-theme focuses on innovations in the following areas;
• Appropriate levels of authorisation and authentication in relation to the access and uses of different Cloud services
• Detailed monitoring of all transactions in a Cloud environment, and correlation of all the data to assist in identifying any threats and related resolutions.
• Predictive analysis capability to correlate historic and current transaction data to provide solutions to prevent any occurrence of security incidents
• Application of security tools for ensuring a high level of internal security within a Cloud service in consideration of the multi-tenancy design feature of the Cloud service. This will include virtualisation hardening policies, appropriate detection and enforcement procedures when internal security risks have occurred or are at a high probability of occurrence
• Innovative fail-safe methods to be adopted in the event of an unauthorised event so that close to normal service can be maintained for authorised users while maintaining a protective boundary against the un-authorised usage
 
Contact:  Brian lee
Software Research Insitution
Athlone Institute of Technology
Athlone, 
Ireland
Phone: 353860246702
Email: bleeait.ie 
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