Deception as a service: Intrusion and Ransomware Detection System for Cloud Computing (IRDS4C)

Cloud computing technology is growing fast. It offers end-users flexibility, ease of use, agility, and more at a low cost. This expands the attack surface and factors, resulting in more attacks, vulnerabilities, and corruption. Traditional and old security controls are insufficient against new attacks and cybercrime. Technologies such as intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), Firewalls, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), and endpoints are not enough, especially against a new generation of ransomware and hacking techniques. In addition to a slew of cloud computing options, such as software as a service (SaaS), it is challenging to manage and secure cloud technology. A new technique is needed to detect zero-day attacks related to ransomware, targeted attacks, or intruders. This paper presents our new technique for detecting zero-day ransomware attacks and intruders inside cloud technology. The proposed technique is based on a deception system based on honey files and tokens.