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Cloud Computing: Security Issues and Establishing Virtual Cloud Environment via Vagrant to Secure Cloud Hosts

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Evolution in Information Technology has introduced Cloud Computing as a new technology that refers to resource virtualization. Cloud Computing involves storing and accessing data and developing and managing applications over the Internet. Despite the many advantages of the specific technology, such as the availability of stored data, cost and time saving and scalability, security and privacy are considered critical factors in Cloud Computing. This chapter’s main target is to present and discuss privacy and confidentiality issues in Cloud Computing. Some of the many challenges faced are security threats regarding managing sensitive data and vulnerabilities in the virtualized environment and network security. The methodology used, in order to demonstrate these issues, is by using a virtualized environment and software automation tools. The remote hosts are configured within the cloud in order to be secured.

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This work is supported under the framework of EU COST IC 1306: CRYPTOACTION (Cryptography for Secure Digital Interaction) Project.

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  1. Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Polyxeni Spanaki

  2. SKYTALE Research Group, Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, University of Patras, Patra, Greece

    Nicolas Sklavos

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Spanaki, P., Sklavos, N. (2018). Cloud Computing: Security Issues and Establishing Virtual Cloud Environment via Vagrant to Secure Cloud Hosts. In: Daimi, K. (eds) Computer and Network Security Essentials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58424-9_31

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