Agent-Based Cloud Resource Management for Secure Cloud Infrastructures

Authors

  • Zoltán Balogh Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 07 Bratislava
  • Emil Gatial Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 07 Bratislava
  • Ladislav Hluchý Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 07 Bratislava
  • Ronald Toegl Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communications, Inffeldgasse 16a, 8010 Graz
  • Martin Pirker Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communications, Inffeldgasse 16a, 8010 Graz
  • Daniel Hein Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communications, Inffeldgasse 16a, 8010 Graz

Keywords:

Cloud computing, data privacy, cloud confidentiality, computer security, cryptography, privacy, trusted computing

Abstract

The cloud offers clear benefits for computations as well as for storage for diverse application areas. Security concerns are by far the greatest barriers to the wider uptake of cloud computing, particularly for privacy-sensitive applications. The aim of this article is to propose an approach for establishing trust between users and providers of cloud infrastructures (IaaS model) based on certified trusted agents. Such approach would remove barriers that prevent security sensitive applications being moved to the cloud. The core technology encompasses a secure agent platform for providing the execution environment for agents and the secure attested software base which ensures the integrity of the host platform. In this article we describe the motivation, concept, design and initial implementation of these technologies.

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Balogh, Z., Gatial, E., Hluchý, L., Toegl, R., Pirker, M., & Hein, D. (2015). Agent-Based Cloud Resource Management for Secure Cloud Infrastructures. COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, 33(6), 1333–1355. Retrieved from https://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/article/view/2817

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