This comprehensive resource presents a highly informative overview of cloud computing security issues. This book focuses on relevant approaches aimed at monitoring and protecting computation and data hosted on heterogeneous computing resources. The most critical security aspects are thoroughly discussed, highlighting the importance of reliable secure computation over remote heterogeneous cloud nodes. This book shows that present cloud computing is inherently insecure therefore advanced execution models have to be developed to prevent unauthorized users from accessing or affecting others' data and computation. The cloud approach enables on-demand scalable services that allow performing large computations without the costs and maintenance/management issues of costly server farms (thus enabling a novel kind of outsourced computing). Essential reading for software and computer engineers as well as data architects and IT professionals to better understand the complexity and heterogeneity of modern cloud- based scenarios.
Introduction; Cloud Definition and Technologies; Cloud Security and Virtualization; Advanced Monitoring of Services; Cloud Approaches to Resilience; Secure GPU Cloud; Security and Reliability of Cloud Networks, Concluding Remarks, Summary.
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Roberto Di Pietro
Roberto Di Pietro is currently the head of cybersecurity research at Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs in France. He received a post-M.Sc. specialization diploma in operating research and strategic decisions from University of Rome, Sapienza, where he also received his Ph.D. in computer science.
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Flavio Lombardi
Flavio Lombardi is currently a researcher at IAC-CNR in Rome, Italy as well as an adjunct professor at Roma Tre University. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Rome, Sapienza, and his MBA from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.