Barcelona, Spain
October 25-28, 2016

Event Details

Please note: All times listed below are in Central Time Zone


New in Swift: Object Encryption

In the Newton cycle, Swift released an exciting new feature which enables encryption of object data at rest.

OpenStack Swift provides reliable and scalable object storage that has been deployed in many successful production environments. With the Newton release Swift has added an exciting new feature to enable encryption of object data on disks. This feature is intended to protect data at rest from an attacker that gains physical access to disks.

We will demonstrate this new feature, show how it is deployed, and discuss performance implications.


What can I expect to learn?

Attendees will learn about the new Swift encryption feature, how it is enabled in deployment and gain an understanding of the security threats that it is intended to protect against.

Tuesday, October 25, 11:25am-12:05pm (9:25am - 10:05am UTC)
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Sr. Software Engineer
Tim Burke is a software developer at NVIDIA and current PTL of Swift. FULL PROFILE
Swift core
Alistair Coles is a core reviewer for the OpenStack Swift project. FULL PROFILE