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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:

The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Luke Kwiat, Whitesboro, NY (US);

Charles Kamhoua, Liverpool, NY (US);

Kevin Kwiat, Whitesboro, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for enhancing security in a cloud computing system by allocating virtual machines over hypervisors, in a cloud computing environment, in a security-aware fashion. The invention solves the cloud user risk problem by inducing a state such that, unless there is a change in the conditions under which the present invention operates, the cloud users do not gain by deviating from the allocation induced by the present invention. The invention's methods include grouping virtual machines of similar loss potential on the same hypervisor, creating hypervisor environments of similar total loss, and implementing a risk tiered system of hypervisors based on expense factors.


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