- SHIELD Concepts Sample Clauses

- SHIELD Concepts. The leading SHIELD concept is to demonstrate the composability of heterogeneous SPD technologies and solutions in the so called Secure Service Chains (SSC). The concept is to provide system’s functionalities, from the SPD perspectives, in a tightly integrated way at node, networks and middleware layer. Starting from SPD state of the art in ESs, the project will develop new technologies and solutions, as well as consolidating the available ones in a solid basement that will be part of the framework and become the reference milestone for a new generation of “SPD-ready” ESs. This goal will be achieved approaching SPD at four levels: node, network, middleware and overlay and assessing the results in selected application scenarios. For each level, the project will improve the state of the art of the most promising SPD technologies and solutions (hardware and communication technologies, cryptography, middleware, smart SPD applications, etc.) and will integrate other technologies at their state of the art. Finally all of them will be enriched with composable functionalities for coordinating and harmonizing the various SPD solutions. Figure 2.1 shows how these ambitious goals can be obtained through the SHIELD framework development. Four layers have been identified at design level: Node, Network,