Investigation on Covert Channel Attacks and Countermeasures in the Cloud

Abstract

Information security and privacy in general are major concerns that impede enterprise adaptation of shared or public cloud computing. Specifically, the concern of virtual machine (VM) physical co-residency stems from the threat that hostile tenants can leverage various forms of side channels (such as cache covert channels) to exfiltrate sensitive information of victims on the same physical system. Understanding attack strategies is the first step to stay ahead of the game and continue improving our security systems. Thus, investigating novel attack strategies and tactics is crucial to shaping the future directions of defense systems in the cloud . The objective of this project is to offer insightful analysis and effective defenses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2017
Accession Number
AD1032595

Entities

People

  • Haining Wang

Organizations

  • College of William & Mary

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Addressing
  • Bandwidth
  • Big Data
  • Channel Capacity
  • Cloud Computing
  • Countermeasures
  • Data Centers
  • Data Reduction
  • Defense Mechanisms
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Environment
  • Information Operations
  • Information Security
  • Instructions
  • Instrumentation
  • Military Research
  • Reliability
  • Risk Analysis
  • Security
  • Uncertainty
  • Virtual Machines
  • Web Service

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.