Efficient access of Cloud Resources through virtualization techniques

Cloud computing depends on Virtualization for service implementation and distribute resources to the end users over the web as web services. The major issue of Virtualization is a security which has been examined as an unproven commodity when user stipulates for cloud resources. The existing cloud protection systems provide improved security with the guest virtual machine, but retards in performance while accessing the resources through Virtualization. This paper proposes a novel architecture Efficient Cloud Protection System (ECPS) which detects the guest-to-guest attack in the Virtualization environment and provides efficient access of cloud resources to the users by providing easy access to the commonly used resources that saves the time spent in accessing frequently used resources. This architecture will integrate the functions of cloud security components like interceptor, warning recorder, etc., to reduce the computation thereby enhancing the security of the cloud protection system.

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