Securing Cloud Hypervisors: A Survey of the Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures
Joint Authors
Asif, Rameez
Barrowclough, John Patrick
Source
Security and Communication Networks
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-20, 20 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-06-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The exponential rise of the cloud computing paradigm has led to the cybersecurity concerns, taking into account the fact that the resources are shared and mediated by a ‘hypervisor’ that may be attacked and user data can be compromised or hacked.
In order to better define these threats to which a cloud hypervisor is exposed, we conducted an in-depth analysis and highlighted the security concerns of the cloud.
We basically focused on the two particular issues, i.e., (a) data breaches and (b) weak authentication.
For in-depth analysis, we have successfully demonstrated a fully functional private cloud infrastructure running on CloudStack for the software management and orchestrated a valid hack.
We analyzed the popular open-source hypervisors, followed by an extensive study of the vulnerability reports associated with them.
Based on our findings, we propose the characterization and countermeasures of hypervisor’s vulnerabilities.
These investigations can be used to understand the potential attack paths on cloud computing and Cloud-of-Things (CoT) applications and identify the vulnerabilities that enabled them.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Barrowclough, John Patrick& Asif, Rameez. 2018. Securing Cloud Hypervisors: A Survey of the Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures. Security and Communication Networks،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213904
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Barrowclough, John Patrick& Asif, Rameez. Securing Cloud Hypervisors: A Survey of the Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures. Security and Communication Networks No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213904
American Medical Association (AMA)
Barrowclough, John Patrick& Asif, Rameez. Securing Cloud Hypervisors: A Survey of the Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures. Security and Communication Networks. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1213904
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1213904