Security issues of a publicly accessible cloud computing infrastructure.

Russell, Gordon; Macfarlane, Richard

Abstract

Edinburgh Napier University runs a custom cloud computing infrastructure for both student and public use. Such access carries dangers, both reputational and legal, as accidental or deliberate acts by users can be dangerous to other systems. This paper considers the experience gained in running this system, and offers techniques to help mitigate the dangers, and maintain high availability, while still providing a useful platform for educational purposes.

Citation

Russell, G., & Macfarlane, R. (2012). Security issues of a publicly accessible cloud computing infrastructure. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom-2012) (1210-1216). https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom.2012.259

• Start Date: Jun 25, 2012
• End Date: Jun 27, 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Deposit Date: Sep 27, 2012
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 1210-1216
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom-2012)
• ISBN: 978-0-7695-4745-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom.2012.259
• Keywords: experience; publicly accessible; security; virtualisation
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5655
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom.2012.259