Cloudlet Mesh for Securing Mobile Clouds from Intrusions and Network Attacks

This paper presents a new cloudlet mesh architecture for security enforcement to establish trusted mobile cloud computing. The cloudlet mesh is WiFi-or mobile-connected to the Internet. This security framework establishes a cyber trust shield to fight against intrusions to distance clouds, prevent spam/virus/worm attacks on mobile cloud resources, and stop unauthorized access of shared datasets in offloading the cloud. We have specified a sequence of authentication, authorization, and encryption protocols for securing communications among mobile devices, cloudlet servers, and distance clouds. Some analytical and experimental results prove the effectiveness of this new security infrastructure to safeguard mobile cloud services.