A systematic literature review of cloud federation studies from the integrity point of view

Document Type : Systematic literature review

Authors

1 Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Computer Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In recent years, cloud federation has received considerable attention due to its potential for increasing cloud providers' profits and improving resource utilization. Numerous studies have been conducted on cloud federation, each contributing to the development of this field by improving one or more features. However, many of these studies suffer from a lack of attention to integrity issues. Integrity refers to providing a feature at the level of cloud federation that maintains members' participation while also providing a reliable platform for mutual cooperation, such that no member has greater profitability for deviating from the truth. This paper presents a systematic review system designed to analyze cloud federation studies from the perspective of integrity. The review identifies studies that explicitly or implicitly support integrity and examines their strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, obstacles and challenges in providing integrity are discussed, and suggestions for improving integrity in cloud federation are presented. To the best knowledge of the authors, this paper is the first systematic literature review to examine existing methods from the perspective of ensuring integrity.

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