Cloud Computing and Information System Management

The assignment discusses the importance of cloud computing in managing information system security. It reviews various research papers that highlight the strategies employed by cloud computing services to maintain data security, such as encryption and user authentication. The document also explores how cloud computing architecture can help secure data across different levels of the architecture.

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Cloud Computing and Information System Management
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The Management Information System is a process in which the hardware and software of
the computer collaborates in the processing of the information such to as to manage and take
decisions within an organization.
Topic: How does Cloud Computing helps in managing the security in an organization
Pearson, S. (2013). Privacy, security and trust in cloud computing. In Privacy and Security
for Cloud Computing (pp. 3-42). Springer, London.
According to the author, Cloud Computing refers to the storage of data in the cloud and
the main advantage of storing potential data in the cloud is that it can store the data remotely. It
can also maintain the privacy of the data. As per the research, the authors also stated that the
infrastructure of the cloud storage also leads to the secure storage of data as it is stored in an
encrypted format. Moreover, the data can also be secured by storing the data in dispersed
location such that if data is damaged at one location, it can be retrieved from other location.
Arora, R., Parashar, A., & Transforming, C. C. I. (2013). Secure user data in cloud
computing using encryption algorithms. International journal of engineering research and
applications, 3(4), 1922-1926.
According to the authors, the data in the cloud infrastructure are stored in an encrypted
format using various encryption algorithms such as Cipher text policy. Encryption is a process in
which the data is altered by the sender such that the data could not be attacked by a third party.
As per the research, the data stored in encrypted format becomes difficult for the attackers to
decode the information as it is secured with a private key which is only available to the receiver.
It is public key encryption process.

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Ruj, S., Stojmenovic, M., & Nayak, A. (2014). Decentralized access control with anonymous
authentication of data stored in clouds. IEEE transactions on parallel and distributed
systems, 25(2), 384-394.
According to the authors, the adoption of Cloud Computing enhances the data storage
and data security maintenance of the organization. The research states that the cloud services
offer access controllability such that the data is not made available to unauthorized users. Thus,
the illegal access of data by the intruders is blocked that can help to enhance the working of the
organization as well as secure storage of the data.
Nafi, K. W., Kar, T. S., Hoque, S. A., & Hashem, M. M. A. (2013). A newer user
authentication, file encryption and distributed server based cloud computing security
architecture. arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.0598.
As per the authors, the cloud computing services adopted by the company helps to
maintain the secured storage of the potential data as authentication of the users are done prior to
establishing connection between the database and the user. The new user authentication is done
so as to restrict the access of secured data by unauthenticated users.
Chang, V. (2015). Towards a Big Data system disaster recovery in a Private Cloud. Ad Hoc
Networks, 35, 65-82.
According to the research, small as well as large scale industries are adopting the cloud
based services as it provides the backup strategy and disaster recovery system. It aims to obtain
zero loss of data. The backup and recovery system of the cloud provides the required data even if
data has been lost from the system as it stores the data efficiently and periodically backs up the
entire data. Thus, this adds to the benefits gained to the organization dealing with large amount
of data as in case of any breaches the original data can be obtained using the recovery strategy of

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the cloud. In case of system failure in the organization, data loss may occur, but with the backup
and recovery strategy of the cloud the data’s can be effectively retrieved.
Amanatullah, Y., Lim, C., Ipung, H. P., & Juliandri, A. (2013, June). Toward cloud
computing reference architecture: Cloud service management perspective. In ICT for
Smart Society (ICISS), 2013 International Conference on (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
According to the research, the various layers in the cloud computing architecture helps in
maintaining the security of the data across various levels of the architecture. The research states
that even if the data’s are stored in an encrypted format they would still be subject to damage or
deletion thus, the data stored in the cloud should be stored in dispersed location such that even if
the data is damaged it can be retrieved again from other location. The cloud architecture also
provides various types of services such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS to the users and hence, proves
beneficial to the organization.
The research aims at briefing how cloud computing one of the major factor of the
Management Information System, maintains the security of the data stored in the cloud. The
research intended to cover the various strategies such as encryption of data using encrypting
algorithms and user authentication, adopted by the cloud services to maintain the security of
data.

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Bibliography
Amanatullah, Y., Lim, C., Ipung, H. P., & Juliandri, A. (2013, June). Toward cloud computing
reference architecture: Cloud service management perspective. In ICT for Smart Society
(ICISS), 2013 International Conference on (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
Arora, R., Parashar, A., & Transforming, C. C. I. (2013). Secure user data in cloud computing
using encryption algorithms. International journal of engineering research and
applications, 3(4), 1922-1926.
Chang, V. (2015). Towards a Big Data system disaster recovery in a Private Cloud. Ad Hoc
Networks, 35, 65-82.
Nafi, K. W., Kar, T. S., Hoque, S. A., & Hashem, M. M. A. (2013). A newer user authentication,
file encryption and distributed server based cloud computing security architecture. arXiv
preprint arXiv:1303.0598.
Pearson, S. (2013). Privacy, security and trust in cloud computing. In Privacy and Security for
Cloud Computing (pp. 3-42). Springer, London.
Ruj, S., Stojmenovic, M., & Nayak, A. (2014). Decentralized access control with anonymous
authentication of data stored in clouds. IEEE transactions on parallel and distributed
systems, 25(2), 384-394.