Serverless computing: a security perspective

Abstract

Abstract In this article we review the current serverless architectures, abstract and categorize their founding principles, and provide an in-depth security analysis. In particular, we: show the security shortcomings of the analyzed serverless architectural paradigms; point to possible countermeasures; and, highlight several research directions for practitioners, Industry, and Academia.

Keywords

• Cloud computing
• Serverless computing
• Security
• Threat models
• Vulnerabilities
• Architectures