Method and system for secure instantiation of an operation system within the cloud

Method and system for secure instantiation of an operation system within the cloud

A method is disclosed for executing a secure virtual machine stored in encrypted form in IaaS cloud such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. A first execution environment comprising a key access protocol for accessing a cipher key is initiated. The first execution environment executes the sec...

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Hauptverfasser: McCulligh, Murray, Berfeld, Yuri, Bramble, Timothy Roger Masson, Nossik, Michael, Du, Lejin
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:A method is disclosed for executing a secure virtual machine stored in encrypted form in IaaS cloud such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. A first execution environment comprising a key access protocol for accessing a cipher key is initiated. The first execution environment executes the secure virtual machine by accessing a secret for use in deciphering the encrypted form of the secure virtual machine and providing same to allow the secure virtual machine to be executed.