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CRITICAL REVIEW OF OPENSTACK SECURITY: ISSUES AND WEAKNESSES

Hala Albaroodi1, Selvakumar Manickam1 and Parminder Singh1
  • 1 Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the state of both cloud computing security in general and OpenStack in particular. Conducting a reassessment of cloud computing security can provide a greater understanding of how cloud computing functions and what types of security issues arise therein. This study is divided into two parts; in the first part, the background of cloud computing and its different deployment models are discussed. This section also describes various security challenges that affect organizations’ decisions to adopt cloud computing. In the second part, an overview of the security issues in OpenStack is presented.

Journal of Computer Science
Volume 10 No. 1, 2014, 23-33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2014.23.33

Submitted On: 9 October 2013 Published On: 7 November 2013

How to Cite: Albaroodi, H., Manickam, S. & Singh, P. (2014). CRITICAL REVIEW OF OPENSTACK SECURITY: ISSUES AND WEAKNESSES. Journal of Computer Science, 10(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2014.23.33

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Keywords

  • Security
  • Cloud Computing
  • Software as a Services (SaaS)
  • Platform as a Services (PaaS)
  • Infrastructureas a Services (IaaS)
  • OpenStack