Speculative execution atacks and cloud security

Yinqian Zhang; Radu Sion

doi:10.1145/3338466.3360287

Speculative execution atacks and cloud security

Yinqian Zhang
, Radu Sion

Computer Science

Ohio State University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Speculative execution attacks, such as Meltdown, Spectre, and Foreshadow, exploit performance optimization features in modern processors and micro-architectural side channels to breach the confi-dentiality of computer systems. Although few incidences have been reported in the wild, their very existence imperils the promise of strong security isolation of cloud computing. This panel will invite experts from both academia and industry to discuss the impacts of speculative execution attacks on the cloud industry. The aim of the panel is to understand the state of the art of academic research and industry practice, and to explore future academic research directions and industry best practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CCSW 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Cloud Computing Security Workshop
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	201
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450368261
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3338466.3360287
State	Published - Nov 11 2019
Event	10th ACM SIGSAC Conference on Cloud Computing Security Workshop, CCSW 2019, co-located with the 26th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS 2019 - London, United Kingdom Duration: Nov 11 2019 → …

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security
ISSN (Print)	1543-7221

Conference

Conference	10th ACM SIGSAC Conference on Cloud Computing Security Workshop, CCSW 2019, co-located with the 26th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	11/11/19 → …

Keywords

Cloud security
Side channels
Speculative execution attacks

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Zhang, Y & Sion, R 2019, Speculative execution atacks and cloud security. in CCSW 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Cloud Computing Security Workshop. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 201, 10th ACM SIGSAC Conference on Cloud Computing Security Workshop, CCSW 2019, co-located with the 26th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS 2019, London, United Kingdom, 11/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3338466.3360287

Speculative execution atacks and cloud security. / Zhang, Yinqian; Sion, Radu.
CCSW 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Cloud Computing Security Workshop. Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. p. 201 (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security).

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