Network Topology Based Identification and Analysis of Security Threats in Data Centres

Digital Business and Intelligent Systems: 16th International Baltic Conference (Baltic DB&IS 2024): Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol.2157 2024
Jānis Kampars, Guntis Mosāns, Jānis Grabis

Various physical and virtual devices are interconnected and mutually dependent on each other in modern large-scale data centres. Security threats if analysed without considering these relationships can go undetected or their severity is underestimated. This paper proposes a network topology based on the identification and analysis of security threats. The overall threat detection and prevention approach extracts data from various sources to evaluate component level threats. Component level threats are combined, taking into account the network topology to evaluate their propagation risk. The application of the method is demonstrated using an example of the data centre operating the CloudStack cloud platform.

Keywords
Data centre | Security threats | Topology
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-63543-4_11
Hyperlink
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-63543-4_11

Kampars, J., Mosāns, G., Grabis, J. Network Topology Based Identification and Analysis of Security Threats in Data Centres. In: Digital Business and Intelligent Systems: 16th International Baltic Conference (Baltic DB&IS 2024): Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol.2157, Lithuania, Vilnius, 30 Jun-3 Jul., 2024. Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024, pp.161-176. ISBN 978-3-031-63542-7. e-ISBN 978-3-031-63543-4. ISSN 1865-0929. e-ISSN 1865-0937. Available from: doi:10.1007/978-3-031-63543-4_11

Publication language
English (en)