Online optimization of security-sensitive real-time storage applications for NAND flash memory storage systems

Wei Jiang, Yue Ma, Xia Zhang, Xupeng Wang, Zili Shao

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Abstract

With many advantages like low cost, faster and non-volatile, NAND flash memory has become a critical component in building security-critical real-time embedded devices. In this paper, we are interested in online optimization of security-sensitive storage applications, whose workloads are unpredictable but have explicit deterministic or probabilistic timing constraints and certain security constraints. Sensitive data must be stored before a specific deadline, otherwise it will lose its validity. To address these challenges, this paper presents a Feedback Vulnerability and Utilization Control (FVUC) mechanism. FVUC employs two proportional-integral controllers, the Utilization Controller and Vulnerability Controller, to build a big feedback loop that dynamically monitors the system run-time status as well as decides how many flash pages would be encrypted by a cryptography algorithm. Relied on the accurate model and design, FVUC can make a balance between the utilization and vulnerability, and achieve a better overall performance. The advantages of FVUC are verified by a series of simulation experiments under a broad range of system configurations and run-time uncertainties.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE 19th International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, RTCSA 2013
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages121-130
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013
Event2013 IEEE 19th International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, RTCSA 2013 - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 19 Aug 201321 Aug 2013

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE 19th International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, RTCSA 2013
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period19/08/1321/08/13

Keywords

  • Feedback Control
  • NAND Flash Memory Storage System
  • Real-Time System
  • Security-Critical Vulnerability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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