Security for virtual machine in cloud computing

Cloud computing is revolutionizing, since its service providers take advantage of virtualization technologies to offer cost-effective access to computing resources via the internet but the revolution comes with new security problems. Among these is the problem of securely managing the virtual-machine and its images that encapsulate each application of the cloud. This paper explains the security concerns arising in cloud computing environments for both administrators and users to maintain compliance integrity and preserve security protection as virtual resources move from on-premise to public cloud environments.

First, we outline the security issues in virtual machines and its images and analyzed using on Update Checker and Online Penetration Suite and an image management system that controls access to images and provides users and administrators with efficient image filters and scanners. Finally this paper presents a novel virtual network framework aimed to control the inter-communication among virtual machines deployed in physical machines with higher security in cloud computing.