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3rd High-Performance Computing Security Workshop

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3rd High Performance Computing Security Workshop

Executive Order 13702 established the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) to maximize the benefits of high-performance computing (HPC) for economic competitiveness and scientific discovery. Security is an essential component of HPC. NIST HPC Security Working Group (WG) has been leading the effort to create a comprehensive and reliable security guidance for HPC systems. As part of the Working Group mission and to reach greater HPC scientific community, NIST, in collaboration with National Science Foundation (NSF), will host the 3rd High-Performance Computing Security Workshop on March 15-16, 2023. The workshop aims to listen to community’s needs and feedbacks, report and reflect on the ongoing activities at HPC Security WG, and define and discuss future directions with stakeholders from industry, academia, and government.

Day 1

Start Time (ET) 

End (ET)

Session/Talk  

8:30am

9:00am

Welcome

  • Matthew Scholl, CSD Chief, NIST

9:00am

9:45am

Keynote 1: The NSF HPC Security Landscape: Research Challenges to Production Capabilities

  • Dr. Rob Beverly NSF

9:45am

10:00am

Break

10:00am

11:45am

HPC Architecture and Security Posture

  • Chair: Rickey Greg, HPCMP
  • Virtual Private HPC as a Software Development Sandbox
    • Andrew Prout and Albert Reuther (MIT LL)
  • HPC Diskless Architectures
    • Aron Warren (SNL)
  • The ‘S’ in HPC Stands for Security
    • Ryan Adamson (ORNL)
  • Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (DoD HPCMP) Overview
    • Stephen Bowman, Rickey Greg, and Gary Key (HPCMP)
  • Keeping It All Safe: LLNL HPC Security Architecture
    • Ian Lee (LLNL)

11:45am

1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm

2:15pm

HPC operator security experience

  • Jared Baker, NCAR
  • Nathaniel Mendoza, TACC
  • John Walker, UIUC
  • Scott Sakai, SDSC
  • Andrew Adams, PSC

2:15pm

2:30pm

Break

2:30pm

3:45pm

RMF Development, Implementation, and Assessment

  • Chair: Vicky Pillitteri, NIST
  • The Trusted CI Framework
    • Jim Basney, UIUC
  • Jennifer Allphin, Jim Waterman, Steve Boettcher, and Gary Key (HPCMP)
  • Aron Warren, SNL
  • Catherine Hinton, LANL
  • Development of the TOSS 4 STIG
    • Ian Lee, LLNL

3:45pm

5:00pm

Breakout Sessions

  • HPC System Vulnerabilities and Threats
    • Ryan Adamson (Lead), Csilla Farkas (Scribe)
  • HPC RMF (Risk Management Framework): challenges and opportunities
    • Erik Deumens (Lead), Aron Warren (scribe)
  • HPC Security Implementations, best practices, and challenges
    • Catherine Hinton (Lead), Gary Key (Scribe)
  • Future HPC system and its implications to security
    • Albert Reuther (Lead), Puri Bangalore (Scribe)

 

Day 2

Start Time (ET)

End (ET)

Session/Talk  

8:45am

9:30am

Keynote 2: Office of Science HPC Cybersecurity

  • Dr. Robinson Pino, DoE

9:30am

10:20am

HPC Security Research

  • Chair: Dr. Xin Yuan
  • CryptMPI: A Fast Encrypted MPI Library
    • Dr. Xin Yuan, FSU
  • Automated Detection of Configuration-based Vulnerabilities in HPC Workload Managers
    • Dr. Mu Zhang, Utah
  • Searchable Encryption on Scientific Data
    • Dr. Hoda Maleki, Augusta Univ

10:20am

10:40am

Break

10:40am

11:30am
  • Regulated Research Community of Practice
    • Erik Deumens, UFL
  • Security and Accelerators: A research perspective
    • Joseph Manzano and Nick Multari, PNNL
  • HPC Provenance and Security
    • Yong Chen, TTU

11:30am

12:15pm

Keynote 3: Usable Computer Security and Privacy to Enable Data Sharing in High-Performance Computing Environments

  • Dr. Sean Peisert, LBNL

12:15am

1:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm

2:45pm

HPC Vendors

  • Chair: Sanjay Rekhi, NIST
  • Data center-wide security by default
    • David Reber, Nvidia
  • A Brief Introduction to Security Primitives in the Kubernetes Ecosystem
    • Jeremy Duckworth, HPE
  • Beyond the Walled Garden: Cloud Security Patterns for HPC
    • Lowell Wofford, AWS

2:45pm

2:55pm

Break

2:55pm

3:35pm

Breakout Readout

3:35pm

3:50pm

WG Readout

  • Yang Guo, NIST

3:50pm

4:00pm

Wrap up

Note: Homewood Suites by Hilton Rockville/Gaithersburg and Hilton Garden Inn Rockville/Gaithersburg are a dual property with two hotels under the same roof.   We have sleeping room blocks at both hotels.  

Address: 14975 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD 20850.

Transportation to and from the NCCoE is included in the rate.  

Cut-off date to make reservation: March 5, 2023.

Booking Links:

Homewood Suites Rockville/Gaithersburg Rate: $209

Hilton Garden Inn Rockville/Gaithersburg Rate: $199

 

*Visitor Access Requirement:

For Non-US Citizens:  Please have your valid passport for photo identification.

For US Permanent Residents: Please have your green card for photo identification.

For US Citizens: Please have your state-issued driver's license. Regarding Real-ID requirements, all states are in compliance or have an extension through May 2023.

NIST also accepts other forms of federally issued identification in lieu of a state-issued driver's license, such as a valid passport, passport card, DOD's Common Access Card (CAC), Veterans ID, Federal Agency HSPD-12 IDs, and Military Dependents ID.

Created December 6, 2022, Updated March 20, 2023