Virtual Environments Testing as a Cloud Service: A Methodology for Protecting and Securing Virtual Infrastructures

Abstract

Testing is a vital component of the system development life cycle. As information systems infrastructure move from native computing to cloud-based and virtualized platforms, it becomes necessary to evaluate their effectiveness to ensure completion of organizational goals. However, the complexity and scale of virtualized environments make this process difficult. Additionally, inherited and novel issues further complicate this process, while relatively high costs can be constraining. Enabling service-driven environments to provide this evaluation is therefore beneficial for both providers and users. No such complete service offering currently exists. This paper is therefore aimed to benefit industry and academia involved in areas involved with cloud-based testing of virtualized software and its environments. A review of current literature highlights a number of challenges in the domain. An analysis of the challenges aided in deriving requirements for developing a servitization framework for virtual infrastructure testing as a service. It is anticipated that this framework can further feedback into developing solutions to the aforementioned challenges. An evaluation of a real-world organization's servitization requirements case scenario indicates that the proposed framework provides potential solutions for associated use cases.

Optimized deep learning‐based attack detection framework for secure virtualized infrastructures in cloud

“…In 2019, Benkhelifa et al 31 have proposed the framework for virtual environment monitoring mostly as cloud providers to secure and protect the virtual infrastructure and services. Pricing models of the device needed were known to be complicated based on the occasional nondeterministic existence in the testing method.…”

“…However, it has to focus more on the SVM algorithm that generates with 0 false negatives. Finally, servitisation process was implemented in Reference 31, which offers increased test coverage, low complexity, better reliability, accuracy and stability, but need to focus on a legal framework as a central theme and to extend the development in the framework of servitisation.…”

“…Several researches have been concentrated on virtualized infrastructures in cloud computing. But, still the existing works requires more consideration on detecting network attacks related to the packet data section, 28 needs to be focused on a legal system as a central theme and to enhance the advancement in the system of servitisation, 31 as well as there is also a necessity to focus on a‐posteriori evidence data for better risk assessment from actual security breaches, 27 and so on. The framework of a cloud system has been shared across a million users.…”

“…25,26 Numerous methods have been focused on virtualized infrastructures in cloud computing. [27][28][29][30] However, the existing works need more concern on detecting network attacks based on the packet data section, 28 requires to be focused on a legal system as a central theme as well as to improve the progression in the system of servitisation, 31 and there is also a requirement to focus on a-posteriori evidence data for better risk assessment from actual security breaches. 27 Such limitations have to be taken into account for virtualized infrastructures in cloud computing in the present work effectively.…”