Cloud Computing: Security Issues and Research Challenges

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Cloud Computing: Security Issues and Research Challenges
Introduction
Cloud computing is basically an structural design for offering with the facility of
computing through the internet on high request as well as fee per utilisation access to a
particular group of various resources which have been shared which will be involving all the
networks, services as well as various applications without acquiring all of them in a physical
way. Hence, it can be said that it will be greatly saving both the cost of management as well
as the time period for the organizations. Several industries involving the banking, education
as well as the healthcare are found to be greatly moving towards that of cloud because of the
efficient services which have been offered by the specific pattern of pay and use which will
be dependent upon all the various resources [1]. These resources will be involving the utilised
power of processing, transactions, consumed bandwidth or the occupied space of storage.
Hence, it can be easily said that the computing of cloud is totally a technology which is
dependent upon the internet where the data of the client is seen to be stored as well as
maintained in the center of data of the provider of cloud like Amazon, Microsoft as well as
Google. A very limited control has been observed on the data which may be incurring all the
several issues related to security and also several threats which involves leakage of data,
availability of data and also the interface which is greatly insecure. There are even a number
of various challenges of the research as well for the adoption of the computing of cloud. This
particular paper will be greatly outlining regarding cloud computing and all the various risks
or rather issues which have been recently found to be present in the particular industry of the
computing of cloud [2]. It will also be analysing all the various challenges related to the
cloud computing and will also be offering with all the various practices which will be best
suited for the providers of service and also enterprise hoping for leveraging the service of
cloud for the improvement of the lower line in such an economic climate which is greatly
severe.
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Key Security Issues in Cloud Computing
There are a number of various issues related to security for the computing of cloud as
it involves several technologies involving networks, management of transaction, balancing of
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load, control of concurrency and the management of memory [3]. All the various concerns
related to security in the environment of cloud computing has been listed below:
Transmission of data: There is high chance of man-in-the-middle attacks which is basically a
kind of cryptographic attack which is seen to be carried out whenever attackers can be able to
properly place themselves in the path of communication in between the users. Hence, there
remain a great possibility of suffering from both interruption as well as alternation in the
communications.
Security of virtual machine: The particular dynamic nature and the specific potential for the
sprawl of virtual machine may be greatly making it difficult for achieving a security which
will be consistent [4]. It may also happen that several vulnerabilities may be propagated
unknowingly.
Security of the network: There are a number of problems which have been greatly observed
to be associated with the security of the level of network which greatly comprises of the
attacks of DNS, attacks of sniffer and also the specific issues od reusing the address of IP.
Security of data: The sensitive data of each of the enterprise is known to be continuing
towards residing within the boundary of the enterprise at the end of the service provider.
There is a huge requirement for the adoption of extra checks of security for ensuring security
of data and also for the prevention of various breaches because of all the various
vulnerabilities related to security via all the various employees.
Privacy of data: Data within the cloud has been observed to be distributed globally which has
been raising a number of various concerns regarding the exposure of data as well as privacy.
There are also a number of risks which an organization stands with the non-compliance of
with several policies of the government [5].
Integrity of data: Corruption of data can occur at any kind of storage level and hence it can be
said that the monitoring of integrity is greatly important in the storage of cloud which will be
greatly critical for any kind of center of data. There is a high chance of losing control of the
data whenever data will be kept in the cloud.
Location of data: It has been found that various handlers of cloud are not at all conscious of
the particular kind of location of the center of data and they even do not possess any kind of
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