Realizing Multi-Access Edge Computing Feasibility: Security Perspective

Ranaweera, Pasika; Jurcut, Anca Delia; Liyanage, Madhusanka

doi:10.1109/cscn.2019.8931357

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“…The MEC edge level is bound to serve several Mobile Edge Services (MESs) such as AR, video streaming, V2E, in addition to the SECaaS services. Thus, we propose that each MES could be provisioned under a Mobile Edge Host (MEH); which is the main operating entity in the MEC edge level [7]. MEHs are launching Mobile Edge Applications (ME Apps) related to a particular service that interface with a User Equipment Application (UE App) in the UE [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In spite of its origin in 2009 (i.e.Cloudlet introduction), even after a decade, EC is still at its early design stages, apart from small scale projects [4]. Various edge computing paradigms as in Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC), Fog, Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC), and cloudlets are envisaging the deployment of applications such as Internet of Things (IoT), Ultra High Definition (UHD) streaming, Augmented Reality (AR), Tactile internet, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2E) [2], [5]- [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Security as a Service Platform Leveraging Multi-Access Edge Computing Infrastructure Provisions

Ranaweera

Imrith

Liyanag

et al. 2020

ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

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The mobile service platform envisaged by emerging IoT and 5G is guaranteeing gigabit-level bandwidth, ultra-low latency and ultra-high storage capacity for their subscribers. In spite of the variety of applications plausible with the envisaged technologies, security is a demanding objective that should be applied beyond the design stages. Thus, Security as a Service (SECaaS) is an initiative for a service model that enable mobile and IoT consumers with diverse security functions such as Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDPaaS), Authentication (AaaS), and Secure Transmission Channel (STCaaS) as a Service. A well-equipped edge computing infrastructure is intrinsic to achieve this goal. The emerging Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) paradigm standardized by the ETSI is excelling among other edge computing flavours due to its well-defined structure and protocols. Thus, in our directive, we intend to utilize MEC as the edge computing platform to launch the SECaaS functions. Though, the actual development of a MEC infrastructure is highly dependent on the integration of virtualization technologies to enable dynamic creation, the deployment, and the detachment of virtualized entities that should feature interoperability to cater the heterogeneous IoT devices and services. To that extent, this work is proposing a security service architecture that offers these SECaaS services. Further, we validate our proposed architecture through the development of a virtualized infrastructure that integrates lightweight and hypervisor-based virtualization technologies. Our experiments prove the plausibility of launching multiple security instances on the developed prototype edge platform.

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Section: A Mec Edge Platformmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security as a Service Platform Leveraging Multi-Access Edge Computing Infrastructure Provisions

Ranaweera

Imrith

Liyanag

et al. 2020

ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

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“…While a Software-Defined Edge Computing architecture solves several data traffic issues such as latency and jitter in access networks [11], it can also present new vulnerabilities [8], [10], [12], [13], resulting in a larger overall attack surface and potential security threats. Despite the increasing acceptance of MEC as a mechanism to improve the performance of connected smart devices and end-user experience, security remains one of the most significant challenges for the creation of an edge paradigm ecosystem [8], [9], [14].…”

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confidence: 99%

Multi-Access Edge Computing Architecture, Data Security and Privacy: A Review

Ali

Gregory

2021

IEEE Access

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Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) is an extension of cloud computing that aims to provide computation, storage, and networking capabilities at the edge of the network in close proximity to end-users. The MEC architecture supports applications and services that bridge between cloud computing and end-users. The architecture includes devices and systems that are interconnected, layered, and flexibly deployed. As a result of the technological advancements, MEC is facing a myriad of highly sophisticated threats. This paper provides a review of MEC Architecture, use cases, conceptual guidelines for MEC security architecture, security and privacy techniques, and identifies current and future challenges, their implications, and approaches to overcome the challenges. This research examined significant threats, described the MEC architecture, identified the susceptible functional layers, the different categories of threats, and the potential security safeguards. The research recommends that MEC providers should implement multiple layers of security controls to mitigate targeted attacks.

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“…Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) is a leading edge computing paradigm introduced by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for the purpose of provisioning cloud computing capabilities at the mobile BS in proximity to the accessing User Equipment (UE) [7]. This emerging concept is one of the pillars in pragmatically launching the fifth generation (5G) mobile technology; that reforms the prevailing mobile network architecture towards a softwarized core and a backhaul network.…”

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confidence: 99%