Security Evaluation of Google Chrome Operating System

Abstract

Due to the increase nature of computer threats and attacks, the security of the operating system is paramount in the computing world today. Every modern computer system, from network servers, workstation desktops, to laptops and hand-held devices, has a core piece of software, called operating system (OS) executed on the top of a bare machine of hardware that allocates the basic resources of the system and supervises the execution of all applications within the system. This paper investigates and evaluates the security of Google Chrome Operating System. Google Chrome Operating system is an operating system developed by google, which runs on specialized hardware. The Chrome OS differ from traditional operating system such as Windows in that it is designed to work specifically with web applications. In this operating system, the user data lives essentially on the web. Thus, if the physical machine-laptop is lost or stolen, the user can still access their data online. However, the Chromebook also allows users to access downloaded data offline, which must be kept safe. To achieve this, Chrome OS ensures that all downloaded data is protected and that code running on this Chromebook is safe to use. In order to avoid security challenges of traditional operating system such as virus and worms, ChromeBook not only ensures that the code is safe, but also incorporates an autoupdate features to add new patches to the system.