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Privacy-preservation for sensitive data has become a challenging issue in cloud computing. Threat modeling as a part of requirements engineering in secure software development provides a structured approach for identifying attacks and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-01-08 Ali Gholami , Erwin Laure

Considering the ever-evolving threat landscape and rapid changes in software development, we propose a risk assessment framework called SAFER (Software Analysis Framework for Evaluating Risk). This framework is based on the necessity of a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Sarah Ali Siddiqui , Chandra Thapa , Rayne Holland , Wei Shao , Seyit Camtepe

Small-Medium Businesses (SMBs) are essential to global economies yet remain highly vulnerable to cyberattacks due to limited budgets, inadequate cybersecurity expertise, and underestimation of cyber risks. Their increasing reliance on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Ahmed M. Abdelmagid , Barry C. Ezell , Michael McShane

Threat modeling plays a critical role in the identification and mitigation of security risks; however, manual approaches are often labor intensive and prone to error. This paper investigates the automation of software threat modeling…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Nicholas Pecka , Lotfi Ben Othmane , Renee Bryce

The pervasive use of hybrid cloud computing models has changed enterprise as well as Information Technology services infrastructure by giving businesses simple and cost-effective options of combining on-premise IT equipment with public…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Anjani kumar Polinati

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face growing cyber threats but often lack the resources and expertise needed to adopt Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). This pilot study examines the drivers and barriers shaping SME perceptions of ZTA…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Yu Deng , Anushia Inthiran

Threats targeting cyberspace are becoming more prominent and intelligent day by day. This inherently leads to a dire demand for continuous security validation and testing. Using this paper, we aim to provide a holistic and precise security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Hardik Manocha , Akash Srivastava , Chetan Verma , Ratan Gupta , Bhavya Bansal

Cloud computing can and does mean different things to different people. The common characteristics most shares are on-demand secure access to metered services from nearly anywhere and dislocation of data from inside to outside the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-02-08 Nidhi Bansal

In recent years, Cloud Computing has transformed local businesses and created new business models on the Internet- and Cloud services are still flourishing. But after the emphatic hype in the early years, a more realistic perception of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Fabian Süß , Marco Freimuth , Andreas Aßmuth , George R. S. Weir , Bob Duncan

Model-based evaluation in cybersecurity has a long history. Attack Graphs (AGs) and Attack Trees (ATs) were the earlier developed graphical security models for cybersecurity analysis. However, they have limitations (e.g., scalability…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Simon Yusuf Enoch , Mengmeng Ge , Jin B. Hong , Dong Seong Kim

While regulators advocate for higher cloud transparency, many Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) often do not provide detailed information regarding their security implementations in their Service Level Agreements (SLAs). In practice, CSPs are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-13 Ahmed Taha , Spyros Boukoros , Jesus Luna , Stefan Katzenbeisser , Neeraj Suri

The Cloud Computing concept offers dynamically scalable resources provisioned as a service over the Internet.Economic benefits are the main driver for the Cloud, since it promises the reduction of capital expenditure and operational…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-08-29 Harit Shah , Sharma Shankar Anandane , Shrikanth

In today's corporate landscape, particularly where operations rely heavily on information technologies, establishing a robust business continuity plan, including a disaster recovery strategy, is essential for ensuring swift recuperation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Saso Nikolovski , Pece Mitrevski

The variety of services and functionality offered by various cloud service providers (CSP) have exploded lately. Utilizing such services has created numerous opportunities for enterprises infrastructure to become cloud-based and, in turn,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Jeffrey C Kimmell , Mahmoud Abdelsalam , Maanak Gupta

Cloud computing is proved to be an effective computing technology for organisations through the advantages that it offers such as cost-effectiveness, IT technical agility and scalability, enhancing businesses processes, and increasing…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-06-03 Salim Alismaili , Mengxiang Li , Jun Shen , Qiang He

The paper examines quantitative assessment of wireless distribution system security, as well as an assessment of risks from attacks and security violations. Furthermore, it describes typical security breach and formal attack models and five…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Volodymyr Buriachok , Volodymyr Sokolov , Pavlo Skladannyi

Traditional threat modeling occurs during design, but cloud deployments introduce unanticipated threats, especially multi-stage attacks chaining vulnerabilities across trust boundaries. Existing security tools analyze components in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Nicholas Pecka , Lotfi Ben Othmane , Bharat Bhargava , Renee Bryce

Characterizing attacker behavior with respect to Cyber-Physical Systems is important to assuring the security posture and resilience of these systems. Classical cyber vulnerability assessment approaches rely on the knowledge and experience…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Christopher Deloglos , Carl Elks , Ashraf Tantawy

The aviation industry faces significant vulnerabilities from both physical and cybersecurity threats, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced cybersecurity measures amid increasingly sophisticated attacks. This paper systematically…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Suphannee Sivakorn , Nuttaya Rujiratanapat , Yotsapat Ruangpaisarn , Chanond Duangpayap , Sakulchai Saramat

Cloud computing systems promise to offer subscription-oriented, enterprise-quality computing services to users worldwide. With the increased demand for delivering services to a large number of users, they need to offer differentiated…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Rajkumar Buyya , Saurabh Kumar Garg , Rodrigo N. Calheiros