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Virtualization is the tool to offer data center resources to remote users. Virtualization brings higher resource utilization by sharing large physical resource to multiple users in form of virtual machines. The advantages of virtualization are overshadowed by various attacks like hyper jacking, intrusion, data thefts, etc. Co-location is the security loop hole most adopted by attackers to launch such attacks. This work proposes a hidden Markov model (HMM)-assisted proactive vulnerability mitigation mechanism by effective control of VM placements to defend against co-location attacks. The mechanism monitors VM/user behavior continuously and classifies the behavior of VM into security risk labels. Based on the risk label, VM placement is adapted to reduce the probability of vulnerability.
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Manikandan, J., SriLaskhmi, U. (2023). HMM-Assisted Proactive Vulnerability Mitigation in Virtualization Datacenter Though Controlled VM Placement. In: Khanna, A., Polkowski, Z., Castillo, O. (eds) Proceedings of Data Analytics and Management . Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 572. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7615-5_32
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