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Xie, M., Banino-Rokkones, C., Gr⊘nsund, P., & Gonzalez, A. J. (2017). Service assurance architecture in NFV. 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 229–235.
This resource describes how do leverage service assurance with NFV.

Lioy, A., Gardikis, G., Gaston, B., Jacquin, L., De Benedictis, M., Angelopoulos, Y., & Xylouris, C. (2017). NFV-based network protection: The SHIELD approach. 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 1–2.
This paper proposes an approach called SHIELD to ensure protection of NFV technology.

Sukhpal Singh Gill, & Rajkumar Buyya. (2018). A Taxonomy and Future Directions for Sustainable Cloud Computing: 360 Degree View. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 51(5), 1–33.
This paper discusses the sustainability of cloud computing.

Patil, R., & Modi, C. (2019). Designing an efficient framework for vulnerability assessment and patching (VAP) in virtual environment of cloud computing. The Journal of Supercomputing: An International Journal of High-Performance Computer Design, Analysis, and Use, 75(5), 2862.
This journal discusses a novel approach to vulnerability assessment of virtual machines and virtual environments.