Information Technology

Practical Hadoop Security

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Last year, I was designing security for a client who was looking for a reference book that talked about security implementations in the Hadoop arena, simply so he could avoid known issues and pitfalls. To my chagrin, I couldn’t locate a single book for him that covered the security aspect of Hadoop in detail or provided options for people who were planning to secure their clusters holding sensitive data! I was disappointed and surprised. Everyone planning to secure their Hadoop cluster must have been going through similar frustration. So I decided to put my security design experience to broader use and write the book myself. As Hadoop gains more corporate support and usage by the day, we all need to recognize and focus on the security aspects of Hadoop. Corporate implementations also involve following regulations and laws for data protection and confidentiality, and such security issues are a driving force for making Hadoop “corporation ready.” Open-source software usually lacks organized documentation and consensus on performing a particular functional task uniquely, and Hadoop is no different in that regard. The various distributions that mushroomed in last few years vary in their implementation of various Hadoop functions, and some, such as authorization or encryption, are not even provided by all the vendor distributions. So, in this way, Hadoop is like Unix of the ’80s or ’90s: Open source development has led to a large number of variations and in some cases deviations from functionality. Because of these variations, devising a common strategy to secure your Hadoop installation is difficult. In this book, I have tried to provide a strategy and solution (an open source solution when possible) that will apply in most of the cases, but exceptions may exist, especially if you use a Hadoop distribution that’s not well-known. It’s been a great and exciting journey developing this book, and I deliberately say “developing,” because I believe that authoring a technical book is very similar to working on a software project. There are challenges, rewards, exciting developments, and of course, unforeseen obstacles—not to mention deadlines!

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Practical Hadoop Security

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: ., 2014

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1-199

Language

English

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978-1-4302-6545-0

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Information Technology

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