%0 Conference Proceedings %T Security Aspects of Virtualization in Cloud Computing %+ National University of Sciences and Technology [Islamabad] (NUST) %A Kazim, Muhammad %A Masood, Rahat %A Shibli, Muhammad, Awais %A Abbasi, Abdul, Ghafoor %Z Part 5: Various Aspects of Computer Security %< avec comité de lecture %( Lecture Notes in Computer Science %B 12th International Conference on Information Systems and Industrial Management (CISIM) %C Krakow, Poland %Y Khalid Saeed %Y Rituparna Chaki %Y Agostino Cortesi %Y Sławomir Wierzchoń %I Springer %3 Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management %V LNCS-8104 %P 229-240 %8 2013-09-25 %D 2013 %R 10.1007/978-3-642-40925-7_22 %K Cloud computing %K Cloud virtualization security %K Cloud service provider %K Hypervisor %K Virtual machines %K Disk images %Z Computer Science [cs] %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciencesConference papers %X In Cloud computing, virtualization is the basis of delivering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) that separates data, network, applications and machines from hardware constraints. Although Cloud computing has been a focused area of research in the last decade, research on Cloud virtualization security has not been extensive. In this paper, different aspects of Cloud virtualization security have been explored. Specifically, we have identified: i) security requirements for virtualization in Cloud computing which can be used as a step towards securing virtual infrastructure of Cloud, ii) attacks that can be launched on Cloud virtual infrastructure, and iii) security solutions to secure the virtualization environment by overcoming the possible threats and attacks. %G English %Z TC 8 %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01496070/document %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01496070/file/978-3-642-40925-7_22_Chapter.pdf %L hal-01496070 %U https://inria.hal.science/hal-01496070 %~ SHS %~ IFIP-LNCS %~ IFIP %~ IFIP-TC %~ IFIP-TC8 %~ IFIP-CISIM %~ IFIP-LNCS-8104