Insider Attack Resistant System and Method for Cloud Services Integrity Checking

A method, comprising:

• executing, during a first mode and by utilizing instructions from a memory that are executed by a processor, a set of operations associated with a service to check an integrity of the service, wherein the set of operations are executed based on a minimum level of access to a peripheral that is required for at least one operation in the set of operations to be executed, wherein the minimum level of access is imposed by utilizing a firewall;
• and
• determining, during the first mode, whether a failure of the at least one operation in the set of operations has occurred.

A computer-readable device comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• executing, during a first mode, a set of operations associated with a service to check an integrity of the service, wherein the set of operations are executed based on a minimum level of access to a peripheral that is required for at least one operation in the set of operations to be executed, wherein the minimum level of access is imposed by utilizing a firewall;
• and
• determining, during the first mode, whether a failure of the at least one operation in the set of operations has occurred.