PhD scholarship: Secure, Accountable, and Provenance-Centric File System
Summary
| Enrolment status | New students |
|---|---|
| Student type | Domestic students, International students |
| Level of study | Higher Degree by Research |
| Study area | Engineering and Computing |
| HDR funding type | Living stipend scholarship |
| Scholarship value | $28,092 per annum tax-free (2020 rate), indexed annually. Single Overseas Student Health Cover ($3,800) is available for International students. |
| Scholarship duration | Three years with the possibility of two 6-month extensions in approved circumstances |
| Opening date | 24 February 2020 |
| Closing date | 10 March 2020 |
Scholarship description
The goal of this research is to design a methodology for building provenance-centric and accountable file systems which will allow future computing systems to achieve high data integrity – a key tenet of information security. Tan, Ko and Holmes (2013) proposed that tracking of provenance outside of the system is one of the weaknesses in the current solution, they all required system-level support or special software installed. Thus, the proposed file system should be able to record user behaviours only when the activities related to this file for security reason. Independence is another feature, i.e. recording information even when the file moved out of the designed system.
This means the file will contain its own log without extra file or system-level support. Another potential issue is the size of the embedded log/records within the provenance-centric file. After a certain number of data actions, the log recording the provenance of the file may grow exponentially beyond the actual file size. As such, this project will also explore ways to efficiently store or shrink logs over time.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you must meet the entry requirements for a higher degree by research.