MANAGING VIRTUAL COMPUTING TESTING

摘要

Systems, methods, and interfaces for the management of virtual machine instances and other programmatically controlled networks are provided. The hosted virtual networks are configured in a manner such that a virtual machine manager of the virtual network may monitor activity such as user requests, network traffic, and the status and execution of various virtual machine instances to determine possible security assessments. Aspects of the virtual network may be assessed for vulnerabilities at varying levels of granularity and sophistication when a suspicious event or triggering activity is detected. Illustrative embodiments of the systems and methods may be implemented on a virtual network overlaid on one or more intermediate physical networks that are used as a substrate network.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for managing a virtual machine network comprising:
detecting an activity associated with execution of a virtual machine network or a request for executing an activity on the virtual machine network; determining a security assessment event from a plurality of security assessment events based, at least in part, on the detected activity or request, wherein individual security assessment events of the plurality of security assessment events each correspond to a respective activity associated with the execution of the virtual machine network or a respective request for executing an activity on the virtual machine network and are associated with at least one respective assessment preference; and causing performance of a security assessment on the virtual machine network based, at least in part, on the determined security assessment event.