Secure Engineering Simulation Workflows in the Cloud

Dear DE Reader:

HPC (high-performance computing) has been a game changer. But for many simulation-driven engineering organizations, it’s a game they can’t afford to keep playing. HPC can mean complex, costly data centers that impinge upon their core business. This is why many engineering and manufacturing outfits are opting for cloud solutions instead of running their own hardware. Many have also turned to the cloud to run applications. But data security spooks others. Today’s Check it Out offering is for those of you wondering how to take simulation workloads to the cloud and keep data secure.

The “Secure Engineering Simulation Workflows in the Cloud” webinar will provide an A-to-Z introduction to ANSYS Enterprise Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and best security practices for the public cloud. “Public cloud” means that AWS provides a cloud computing platform where resources such as storage and applications are internet-available.

ANSYS Enterprise Cloud leverages AWS to deliver a turnkey enterprise-level engineering simulation platform within your dedicated corporate account on the public cloud. “Enterprise-level engineering simulation platform” means the ANSYS engineering multiphysics simulation portfolio and its soup-to-nuts simulation workflows. It includes secured storage, simulation data management, interactive pre-processing and post-processing, 3D graphics and solver computations on auto-scaling and on-demand HPC resources.

Beyond introducing ANSYS Enterprise Cloud and AWS, the webinar’s main intent is to deliver answers to your questions and concerns about keeping sensitive simulation data in a public cloud infrastructure secure.

When you migrate simulation workloads to the cloud, everyone – you, your software provider and the the cloud service provider – shares responsibility to ensure data security. Image courtesy of ANSYS Inc.

Topics to be considered include encrypting data as it transits back and forth from you and the cloud, encryption methods for storing data as well as your enterprise’s security role, AWS’ security responsibilities, and what ANSYS does to ensure that its applications are secure. Cloud security strategies will also be seen in light of the advantages a centralized platform such as ANSYS Enterprise Cloud inherently offers. For example, centralized data management as opposed to disbursed, hard-to-find silos of data as well as automatic backups, disaster recovery, and credentialed access for sharing and reuse of simulation data.

Two live broadcasts of the ANSYS “Secure Engineering Simulation Workflows in the Cloud” webinar will be aired on July 7 at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST. Click today’s Check it Out link to register for the session of your convenience. This could be a game changer for you.

Thanks, Pal. – Lockwood

Anthony J. Lockwood

Editor at Large, DE