Thermal management in large data centres: security threats and mitigation

Betty Saridou; Gueltoum Bendiab; Stavros Shiaeles; Basil Papadopoulos

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-0422-5_12

Thermal management in large data centres: security threats and mitigation

Betty Saridou, Gueltoum Bendiab, Stavros Shiaeles, Basil Papadopoulos

School of Computing

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Data centres are experiencing significant growth in their scale, especially, with the ever-increasing demand for cloud and IoT services. However, this rapid growth has raised numerous security issues and vulnerabilities; new types of strategic cyber-attacks are aimed at specific physical components of data centres that keep them operating. Attacks against temperature monitoring and cooling systems of data centres, also known as thermal attacks, can cause a complete meltdown and are generally considered difficult to address. In this paper, we focus on this issue by analysing the potential security threats to these systems and their impact on the overall data centre safety and performance. We also present current thermal anomaly detection methods and their limitations. Finally, we propose a hybrid method to prevent thermal attacks, that uses multi-variant anomaly detection and a fuzzy-based health factor to enhance data centre thermal awareness and security.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Security in Computing and Communications
Subtitle of host publication	8th International Symposium, SSCC 2020, Chennai, India, October 14–17, 2020, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Sabu M. Thampi, Guojun Wang, Danda B. Rawat, Ryan Ko, Chun-I Fan
Publisher	Springer
Pages	165-179
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-16-0422-5
ISBN (Print)	978-981-16-0421-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0422-5_12
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2021
Event	Eighth International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications - Chennai, India Duration: 14 Oct 2020 → 17 Oct 2020 http://www.acn-conference.org/2020/sscc2020/

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1364
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	Eighth International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications
Abbreviated title	SSCC’20
Country/Territory	India
City	Chennai
Period	14/10/20 → 17/10/20
Internet address	http://www.acn-conference.org/2020/sscc2020/

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Thermal management in large data centres
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Saridou, B., Bendiab, G., Shiaeles, S., & Papadopoulos, B. (2021). Thermal management in large data centres: security threats and mitigation. In S. M. Thampi, G. Wang, D. B. Rawat, R. Ko, & C.-I. Fan (Eds.), Security in Computing and Communications: 8th International Symposium, SSCC 2020, Chennai, India, October 14–17, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 165-179). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1364). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0422-5_12

Saridou, Betty ; Bendiab, Gueltoum ; Shiaeles, Stavros et al. / Thermal management in large data centres: security threats and mitigation. Security in Computing and Communications: 8th International Symposium, SSCC 2020, Chennai, India, October 14–17, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Sabu M. Thampi ; Guojun Wang ; Danda B. Rawat ; Ryan Ko ; Chun-I Fan. Springer, 2021. pp. 165-179 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Saridou, B, Bendiab, G, Shiaeles, S & Papadopoulos, B 2021, Thermal management in large data centres: security threats and mitigation. in SM Thampi, G Wang, DB Rawat, R Ko & C-I Fan (eds), Security in Computing and Communications: 8th International Symposium, SSCC 2020, Chennai, India, October 14–17, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1364, Springer, pp. 165-179, Eighth International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications, Chennai, India, 14/10/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0422-5_12

Thermal management in large data centres: security threats and mitigation. / Saridou, Betty; Bendiab, Gueltoum; Shiaeles, Stavros et al.
Security in Computing and Communications: 8th International Symposium, SSCC 2020, Chennai, India, October 14–17, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Sabu M. Thampi; Guojun Wang; Danda B. Rawat; Ryan Ko; Chun-I Fan. Springer, 2021. p. 165-179 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1364).

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Saridou B, Bendiab G, Shiaeles S, Papadopoulos B. Thermal management in large data centres: security threats and mitigation. In Thampi SM, Wang G, Rawat DB, Ko R, Fan CI, editors, Security in Computing and Communications: 8th International Symposium, SSCC 2020, Chennai, India, October 14–17, 2020, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. 2021. p. 165-179. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-0422-5_12

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