Abstract

A hypervisor is a computer programme or software that facilitates to create and run multiple virtual machines. It is also known as Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Due to their popularity, it exploits the attack surface, because the Hypervisor code contains much vulnerability. Since the Hypervisor is a core element of any cloud computing service, it is always on the top priority of the attackers. There are many Software (open source) and Hardware-based Solutions are available in the market to monitor and control the hypervisor activities. This paper summarizes various types of attacks, vulnerabilities, security issues and challenges related to hypervisor and virtual machines.

Details

Title
A review paper on hypervisor and virtual machine security
Author
Aalam, Zunaid 1 ; Kumar, Vinod 1 ; Gour, Surendra 2 

 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SGT University, Gurgaon 
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jamia Hamdard. 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Aug 2021
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2559689551
Copyright
© 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.