Secure Service Placement for IoT
Research Programme

Secure Service Placement for IoT

(2019-2022)
Service Function Chains Multi-Cloud Apache OpenWhisk VNFs Edge-Cloud
Internet of Things (IoT) Infrastructure / Systems (IS) Security (S)

Project Overview

Investigates optimal placement and scheduling of service function chains (SFCs) across multi-cloud environments under security constraints.

This research investigates the optimal placement of Service Function Chains (SFCs) in multi-cloud architectures based on security constraints. As enterprises increasingly adopt virtualised network functions (VNFs) deployed across multiple cloud providers, the challenge of efficient service placement becomes critical.

The project addresses how VNFs can be deployed across distributed cloud infrastructure while considering cost, resource availability, and proximity to end-users through Service Function Chaining. Our approach develops algorithms that balance security requirements with performance and cost optimisation across the edge-cloud continuum.

Team

Areej Alabbas
Areej Alabbas
Omer Rana
Omer Rana
Charith Perera
Charith Perera

Outcomes

Conference

Performance Analysis of Apache OpenWhisk Across the Edge-Cloud Continuum

Areej Alabbas, Ashish Kaushal, Osama Almurshed, Omer Rana, Nitin Auluck, Charith Perera,

IEEE 16th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), Chicago, 2023, pp. 401–407.

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