Managed Containers: A Framework for Resilient Containerized Mission Critical Systems

• Published in: 2018 IEEE 11th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD) pp. 946 - 949
• Main Authors: Merino Aguilera, Xavier, Otero, Carlos, Ridley, Matthew, Elliott, David
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2018
• Subjects: availability; Cloud computing; Containers; cyber survivability; Linux; Linux containers; Mission critical systems; moving target defense; Resilience; Security; Virtual machining; virtualization

Traditional defense mechanisms are insufficient for protecting containerized mission critical systems. These systems are mostly based on cloud-based images (e.g., Docker) that need to be always-on-always-connected. High availability and data integrity become crucial to deliver their mission. Unable...