Title
Attack graph generation for microservice architecture.
Abstract
Microservices, which are typically technologically heterogenous and can be deployed automatically, are increasingly dominating service systems. However, with increased utilization of third-party components distributed as images, the potential vulnerabilities in microservice-based systems increase. Based on component dependency, such vulnerabilities can lead to exposing a system's critical assets. Similar problems have been addressed by the computer networks community. In this paper, we propose utilizing attack graphs in the continuous delivery infrastructure of microservices-based systems. To that end, we relate microservices to network nodes and automatically generate attack graphs that help practitioners identify, analyze, and prevent plausible attack paths in their microservice-based container networks. We present a complete solution that can be easily embedded in continuous delivery systems and demonstrate its efficiency and scalability based on real-world use cases.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3297280.3297401
SAC
Keywords
Field
DocType
attack graph generation, containers, microservices
Continuous delivery,Architecture,Use case,Computer science,Node (networking),Microservices,Attack graph,Scalability,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-5933-7
2
0.36
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amjad Ibrahim171.64
Stevica Bozhinoski220.36
Alexander Pretschner3269.69