Hadoop distribution with enhanced security support
Intel Distribution of Apache Hadoop software provides some enhanced security features in a Hadoop distribution. Some of the key features for Intel's distribution are:
It provides an integrated data encryption feature for sensitive data. The encryption is based on OpenSSL 1.0.1.C, which is optimized for Intel AES-NI.
Apart from encryption, Intel's distribution supports out of the box compression and encryption capabilities.
Sensitive data is never exposed either in motion or at rest. Thus, it is used to ingest encrypted data into the Hadoop ecosystem and process the encrypted data. Encryption keys are integrated using the Java keystore functionality.
Intel's Manager for Apache Hadoop Software provides deployment, management, monitoring, alerting, and security features.
It provides a feature for managing user access to data and services using Kerberos by creating access control lists (ACLs) and limiting user access to data sets and services.
Deployment and setup of the secure Hadoop cluster is automated and integrated with key management systems.
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More details on Intel's Hadoop Distribution are available at https://hadoop.intel.com.
