Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Brian Gregory O'connor

Nidhi Verma

Darius Snapkauskas

Le Chang

Roshane Silva

Roberta Cannerozzi

Min Shao

Phillip I Beish

Harpreet Miglani

Dylan Thomas Nunley

Jun Zhang

Morten Haavaldsen

The techniques disclosed herein enable improved security as well as more scalable and reliable job execution by utilizing granular security boundaries and certificate-based authentication for all communication within cloud-based platforms. To manage a cloud-based platform, a system receives a plurality of jobs and associated certificates at a first security boundary that are to be executed at various resource units within a second security boundary. The system then authenticates each certificate before transmitting each job to its respective resource unit for execution. In addition, the system is further configured to monitor active certificates for compromise and accordingly isolate various security boundaries in the event of a security breach. By isolating portions of the cloud-based platform within security boundaries, the system can mitigate the impact of security breaches. Furthermore, certificate-based authentication addresses performance constraints to enable more efficient and scalable job execution.

Resource unit isolation for increased safety and security in cloud services

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Brian Gregory O'connor