On Abstract Machines Security and Performance

One of the most relevant problems today is to increase security and safety of computation and data without incurring in relevant performance loss. This is especially important in compute intensive areas such as cloud computing and mobile devices. This work recalls some relevant security aspects that plague hardware and software and explores state-of-the-art solutions to help ensure improved isolation and security. One possible approach involves leveraging advanced abstract machines that can help balance safety, security, and performance requirements. As such, this work investigates the latest open source approaches and technologies related to emulation and evaluates real-world application performance.