Detecting Fraud in an OpenStack Cloud | Linux Today

Detecting Fraud in an OpenStack Cloud

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 5, 2014

Securing the cloud isn’t just about protecting the network layer from external attacks; it’s also about being able to detect fraudulent activities running on the cloud. At the OpenStack Summit here, a group of researchers presented their findings on how to use the OpenStack Ceilometer project—used primarily for billing and metering of cloud usage—to detect fraud. –

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Sean Michael Kerner

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