Security and Privacy Trends in Cloud Computing and Big Data

Chapter 1 Information security framework for cloud and virtualization security

Muhammad Imran Tariq

Superior University of Lahore

Shahzadi Tayyaba

University of Lahore

Muhammad Arfan Jaffar

Superior University of Lahore

Muhammad Waseem Ashraf

Government College University Lahore

Shariq Aziz Butt

The University of Lahore

Muhammad Arif

Guangzhou University

DOI: 10.1201/9781003107286-1

CONTENTS

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Virtualization
  • 1.2.1 Type-I hypervisor
  • 1.2.2 Type-II hypervisor
  • 1.2.3 Virtualization benefits
    • 1.2.3.1 Low cost/save energy
    • 1.2.3.2 Small footprints
    • 1.2.3.3 Fast lab provisioning
    • 1.2.3.4 Abstraction
    • 1.2.3.5 Disaster recovery
    • 1.2.3.6 Application isolation
    • 1.2.3.7 Easy migration to cloud
    • 1.2.3.8 Better testing
• 1.3 Cloud and security ...