Abstract
Cloud-based infrastructures have grown in popularity over the last decade leveraging virtualisation, server, storage, compute power and network components to develop flexible applications. The requirements for instantaneous deployment and reduced costs have led the shift from virtual machine deployment to containerisation, increasing the overall flexibility of applications and increasing performances. However, containers require a fully fleshed operating system to execute, increasing the attack surface of an application. Unikernels, on the other hand, provide a lightweight memory footprint, ease of application packaging and reduced start-up times. Moreover, Unikernels reduce the attack surface due to the self-contained environment only enabling low-level features. In this work, we provide an exhaustive description of the unikernel ecosystem; we demonstrate unikernel vulnerabilities and further discuss the security implications of Unikernel-enabled environments through different use-cases.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security 2020) |
Publisher | IEEE |
Chapter | 20 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728164281 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781728164298 |
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Publication status | Published - 13 Jul 2020 |
Event | Cyber Security 2020: Advancing a multidisciplinary approach to Cyber Security - held online (virtual), Dublin, Ireland Duration: 15 Jun 2020 → 19 Jun 2020 http://www.c-mric.com/cs2020 |
Conference
Conference | Cyber Security 2020 |
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Country | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 15/06/20 → 19/06/20 |
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