Allocating tasks in a computing environment

A computer program product for allocating tasks in a computing environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving by the computer a software application for processing, the software application comprising a plurality of tasks;
• splitting by the computer the software application into the plurality of tasks;
• selecting by the computer a task for processing in a first computing environment without encryption, a second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or a third computing environment without encryption, each of the first computing environment without encryption, the second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or the third computing environment without encryption having a cost associated with processing the task, based on the following algorithm:
• analyzing the plurality of tasks for the presence of a security marker indicating a security level of each of the plurality of tasks;
• when there is no security marker, selecting the task for processing in the first computing environment without encryption or the third computing environment without encryption, whichever has the least cost associated with it;
• and
• when the security marker is medium or high and the processing of the task involves any computation, selecting the task for processing in the second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or the third computing environment, whichever has the least cost associated with it.

A system for allocating tasks in a computing environment comprising:

• a first computing environment without encryption;
• a second computing environment with homomorphic encryption;
• a third computing environment without encryption;
• a non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions;
• a processor that executes the instructions to perform the following functions:
• receive a software application for processing, the software application comprising a plurality of tasks;
• split the software application into the plurality of tasks;
• select a task for processing in the first computing environment without encryption, the second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or the third computing environment without encryption, each of the first computing environment without encryption, the second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or the third computing environment without encryption having a cost associated with processing the task, based on the following algorithm:
• analyze the plurality of tasks for the presence of a security marker indicating a security level of each of the plurality of tasks;
• when there is no security marker, select the task for processing in the first computing environment without encryption or the third computing environment without encryption, whichever has the least cost associated with it;
• and
• when the security marker is medium or high and the processing of the task involves any computation, select the task for processing in the second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or the third computing environment, whichever has the least cost associated with it.