B3 Non-refereed conference proceedings
Leverage Software Containers Adoption by Decreasing Cyber Risks and Systemizing Refactoring of Monolithic Applications (2022)


Sroor, M. (2022). Leverage Software Containers Adoption by Decreasing Cyber Risks and Systemizing Refactoring of Monolithic Applications. In D. Taibi, M. Kuhrmann, T. Mikkonen, J. Klünder, & P. Abrahamsson (Eds.), PROFES 2022 : 23rd International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Proceedings (pp. 675-680). Springer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 13709. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21388-5_55


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Publication details

All authors or editors: Sroor, Maha

Parent publication: PROFES 2022 : 23rd International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Proceedings

Parent publication editors: Taibi, Davide; Kuhrmann, Marco; Mikkonen, Tommi; Klünder, Jil; Abrahamsson, Pekka

Place and date of conference: Jyväskylä, Finland, 21.-23.11.2022

ISBN:  978-3-031-21387-8

eISBN: 978-3-031-21388-5

Journal or series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

ISSN: 0302-9743

eISSN: 1611-3349

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 14/11/2022

Number in series: 13709

Pages range: 675-680

Number of pages in the book: 682

Publisher: Springer

Place of Publication: Cham

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21388-5_55

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: 

Additional information: Doctoral Symposium


Abstract

Containers are one of the deployment solutions that possess attention. It is always compared to virtual machines (VM). Thus, there is a debate about its capabilities. It supports software agility that helps satisfy users’ requirements and shorten deployment time. Many works of literature have discussed the advantages of containers and promoted their role in developing the software industry. However, the actual migration rate in the software market is not as expected compared to the advantages.

This research highlights the barriers to adopting containers. Also, it digs in depth into two main barriers to adoption, namely security risks and refactoring of monolithic applications. It aims to study the impact of cyber risks on the applications’ performance. The risks will be studied from a narrow view focusing on sharing resources and a broader view focusing on using malicious container images in project performance. Moreover, it will investigate the requirements and practices of refactoring monolithic applications into a container-based format. This research aims to address the container security risks and provide a systemized refactoring model for monolithic applications. The research is qualitative. The empirical data will be collected from primary studies, surveys, and interviews to explain the container adoption barriers. Providing more understanding of the adoption barriers’ causes will help to avoid them, consequently increasing container adoption.


Keywords: software engineering; software architecture; data security; cyber security

Free keywords: software containers; security risks; monolithic applications


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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022


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