Unikernels for Cloud Architectures: How Single Responsibility can Reduce Complexity, Thus Improving Enterprise Cloud Security

Andreas Happe, Bob Duncan, Alfred Bratterud

2017

Abstract

Unikernels allow application deployment through custom-built minimal virtual machines. The authors investigate how unikernels and their inherent minimalism benefit system security. The analysis starts with common security vulnerability classes and their possible remediation. A platonic unikernel framework is used to describe how unikernels can solve common security problems, focusing both on a micro- and macro level. This theoretical framework is matched against an existing unikernel framework, and the resulting mismatch is used as a starting point for the research areas the authors are currently working on. We demonstrate how using a single responsibility unikernel- based architectural framework could be used to reduce complexity and thus improve enterprise cloud security.

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in Harvard Style

Happe A., Duncan B. and Bratterud A. (2017). Unikernels for Cloud Architectures: How Single Responsibility can Reduce Complexity, Thus Improving Enterprise Cloud Security . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk - Volume 1: COMPLEXIS, ISBN 978-989-758-244-8, pages 30-41. DOI: 10.5220/0006282800300041

in Bibtex Style

@conference{complexis17,
author={Andreas Happe and Bob Duncan and Alfred Bratterud},
title={Unikernels for Cloud Architectures: How Single Responsibility can Reduce Complexity, Thus Improving Enterprise Cloud Security},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk - Volume 1: COMPLEXIS,},
year={2017},
pages={30-41},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006282800300041},
isbn={978-989-758-244-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Complexity, Future Information Systems and Risk - Volume 1: COMPLEXIS,
TI - Unikernels for Cloud Architectures: How Single Responsibility can Reduce Complexity, Thus Improving Enterprise Cloud Security
SN - 978-989-758-244-8
AU - Happe A.
AU - Duncan B.
AU - Bratterud A.
PY - 2017
SP - 30
EP - 41
DO - 10.5220/0006282800300041