Security Implications of Persistent Memory

Persistent memory allows a new abstraction for persistent data by wrapping data structures into Persistent Memory Objects (PMOs). PMOs offer conveniences but introduces new security vulnerabilities. I will discuss  what new security vulnerabilities arise with the use of persistent memory, and discuss how current security protection techniques are not well equipped for the security vulnerabilities. I will also discuss several potential approaches on how to improve the security of PMOs, and how they can be implemented in a low overhead manner.