A SECURITY-CENTRIC ARCHITECTURE FOR BIG DATA

Abstract

Big Data is a hot area of research and a buzzword in the research community and industry. The term Big Data refers to the huge volume of data, having properties of high production of even more data (velocity) with different forms of structured and unstructured data (Variety). Big data also has big problems associated with it; one of these problems is the issue related to security and privacy. In this paper, a security-centric architecture is proposed for big data. The proposed architecture protects data at the application layer using a granular access control mechanism and secures the data under management at the storage layer using a data aggregation method. The proposed architecture has a layered approach. This architecture provides a base for the community of big data security. The paper also explains different layers of architecture, especially those related to data security and privacy issues.