Editorial: Reliable and secure system software in emerging cloud and distributed environments

Key Points

• The aim is to improve system security and reliability in cloud and distributed environments by using SmartNICs for encryption tasks.
• Introduced FedNIC using SmartNICs as hardware accelerators for encryption and decryption tasks.
• Employed separate security domains for encryption engine to enhance protection.
• Freed host CPU cycles to focus on learning tasks.
• Enhanced security by isolating encryption processes on SmartNICs.
• Protected encryption keys even if the host system is compromised.