Security and privacy protection in the distributed cloud: a hyper-converged architecture-based solution

With the emergence of cloud computing technology, distributed cloud is one of many options in which enterprises and organizations can acquire computing resources and services. However, data security and user privacy protection in the distributed cloud environment will have many problems, for example, data leaks, unauthorized access, and cross-domain resource sharing. Thus, this paper seeks to analyze a security and privacy protection solution using hyper-converged architecture to enhance security for distributed cloud environments. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of current security technologies and hyper-converged architectures, this paper has designed a new security architecture framework, which includes encryption technology, access control, and data isolation. The proposed scheme is evaluated in the distributed cloud environment and the experimental results demonstrate high security enhancement as well as high performance and availability. Besides, the features of the implementation details, the advantages and limitations of the scheme, and further research ideas are also provided in this paper. Altogether, the research of this study offers new angled approaches/technical assistance to security and privacy preservation in a distributed cloud setting.