Network traffic processing module for infrastructure attacks detection in cloud computing platforms

The paper presents the results of the design and implementation of a network data processing module for the security component protecting OpenStack cloud computing platform again DDoS attacks. The module processes both internal and external relative cloud infrastructure network traffic, and thus, enables security component to detect DDoS attacks the sources of which can be located inside or outside cloud infrastructure. The paper also presents the results of the module load testing that shows that the developed module is able to process volumes of network traffic exceeding the power of modern DDoS attacks.