Cloud Management and Security (PDF)

Written by an expert with over 15 years' experience in the
field, this book establishes the foundations of Cloud computing,
building an in-depth and diverse understanding of the technologies
behind Cloud computing.

In this book, the author begins with an introduction to Cloud
computing, presenting fundamental concepts such as analyzing Cloud
definitions, Cloud evolution, Cloud services, Cloud deployment
types and highlighting the main challenges. Following on from the
introduction, the book is divided into three parts: Cloud
management, Cloud security, and practical examples.

Part one presents the main components constituting the Cloud and
federated Cloud infrastructure

(e.g., interactions and deployment), discusses management platforms
(resources and services), identifies and analyzes the main
properties of the Cloud infrastructure, and presents Cloud
automated management services: virtual and application resource
management services. Part two analyzes the problem of establishing
trustworthy Cloud, discusses foundation frameworks for addressing
this problem

- focusing on mechanisms for treating the security
challenges, discusses foundation frameworks and mechanisms for
remote attestation in Cloud and establishing Cloud trust anchors,
and lastly provides a framework for establishing a trustworthy
provenance system and describes its importance in addressing major
security challenges such as forensic investigation, mitigating
insider threats and operation management assurance. Finally, part
three, based on practical examples, presents real-life commercial
and open source examples of some of the concepts discussed, and
includes a real-life case study to reinforce learning -
especially focusing on Cloud security.

Key Features

* Covers in detail two main aspects of Cloud computing:
Cloud management and Cloud security

* Presents a high-level view (i.e., architecture
framework) for Clouds and federated Clouds which is useful for
professionals, decision makers, and students

* Includes illustrations and real-life deployment
scenarios to bridge the gap between theory and practice

* Extracts, defines, and analyzes the desired properties
and management services of Cloud computing and its associated
challenges and disadvantages

* Analyzes the risks associated with Cloud services and
deployment types and what could be done to address the risk for
establishing trustworthy Cloud computing

* Provides a research roadmap to establish next-generation
trustworthy Cloud computing

* Includes exercises and solutions to problems as well as
PowerPoint slides for instructors