Analysis of Ethical and Technical Issues in Cloud Computing

This report delves into the ethical and technical issues inherent in cloud computing systems. It begins with an executive summary highlighting the importance of addressing both ethical considerations and security concerns within the cloud environment, given its widespread adoption by businesses. The report then provides a background on project management and its reliance on cloud-based solutions, followed by a literature review that examines the benefits of cloud computing, such as accessibility and cost-effectiveness, while also acknowledging the significant challenges related to security and data privacy. The core of the report focuses on identifying the ethical dilemmas, including data breaches and privacy violations, and recommending preventive measures such as enhanced security certifications, feedback mechanisms, and cybercrime department involvement. The discussion section explores the broader implications of cloud computing on data availability and security, while the conclusion emphasizes the need for proactive measures to ensure data integrity and user trust. The report underscores the need for continuous improvement in cloud security and ethical practices to protect user information and maintain the benefits of cloud computing.

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Executive summary
The report consists of the analysis of the ethical issues and the technical issues that exist in
the system of cloud computing. The system consists not only of the ethical issue but it also
consists of the security issues. The issues are briefly dealt in the report and the
recommendations of the issues are broadly discussed in the report. The cloud computing
system is used by many companies. The system is convenient for the smooth running of the
system in spite of this it has few serious threats that should be dealt accordingly. The report
consists of all the recommendations that can be implemented to resolve the issues.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Background................................................................................................................................3
Literature review........................................................................................................................3
Purpose.......................................................................................................................................5
Discussion..................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The report concentrates on the issues that are faced by the cloud computing system.
The issues are to some extent ethical as well as it had some security issues. The companies
availing the cloud computing system are facing certain issues of security. The privacy of the
customers is being hampered because of the chance of the leakage of information that occurs
due to this system. The discussion on this is important as the advancement in the
technological process is a common process now. With the advancement in the technological
process all the companies have availed the system of cloud clouding. This is an essential
need. There are serious major threats in the system. The aim of the report is to analyze the
issues and to recommend preventive measures that can be taken to avoid the issues. This
problem is to a great extend ethical.
Background
The report mainly consists of the case of the project management which is taken as an
art used to manage various aspects of the project. The major objective of the project
management system is the delivery of the quality product within a specific amount of time
also within a specific budget. The completion of the design of a project takes a lot of steps. It
runs with the help of the cloud based solutions. It is required to connect with the clients who
stay in distant places. Cloud solutions are the most advanced way to solve all the solutions in
the fastest way. This is the major reason of developing the cloud-based solution. The security
issues however can be solved through the certifications like the NIST-FISMA or ISO 27000.
It helps to regain the trust of the customers by securing their privacy.

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Literature review
According to Chang, Kuo and Ramachandran (2016) the cloud computing is a system
which includes the delivery of the service over internet. All the business has adopted the
trend of using the online sector to promote their business. The cloud computing is used in this
case as a forum to create information about the company in the online sectors. The examples
of this are Gmail, Hotmail, Flickr, Photobucket and many others. It is used to promote the
concept of web based deliveries. It is used even in the case of banking sectors. With the use
of the cloud computing system the customers are able to access their accounts and details
about their accounts (Popescul and Georgescu 2014). It is even used by the professional like
the doctors, lawyers, and in the marketing managers. The marketing officials use the
PROCESS OF SaaS providers for the promotion of their products. The cloud computing have
a lot of benefits like the eradication of the desktop and the inclusion of the cloud based
services. With the introduction of the cloud based services the services can be accessible
anywhere and everywhere. It is available on smartphones and even on tablets (Lowry, Dinev
and Willison 2017).
On the other hand according to Dove, et al. (2015) in spite of all such benefits there
are certain issues that are faced by the cloud computing system. The issues are ethical and
technical. The major issue is the issue of security that the customers face due to this. This is
because there is a scenario of a third party in this case. The cloud computing contains the
private information about the customers. There is a chance for the information of the
customers to get leaked (Kumar, et al. 2014). This issue is basically because of few aspects
like the aspect of encryption, server security, client security and the issues related to
password security. The cloud computing system has the advantage of the outsourcing of the
server-level security and the system of backup to a third-party service provider. It is one of
the often over-looked sections of the security equation which deals with the security of the

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desktop or laptop from which one can access the SaaS application (Neal and Rahman 2015).
To ensure the storage of the data that is stored on the desktop or laptop it remains private
even if it gets stolen one may feel the need to look at the utilizing BitLocker or any other
native encryption options which might come pre-installed on most computers. The password
security is the vital security issue that needs to be resolved. The SSL encryption and the
server security can be undone by choosing a weak password (Sultan 2014). One should be
sure to use a secure password for the use of any website while using it. There are however
many password generator and manger to avoid this issue (Kagadis, et al. 2013).
Purpose
The purpose of this report is however to find out the effective solutions to the
problems related to the system. There is however ways to rectify the issues related to the
system. The fact cannot be denied that cloud computing is a big platform for the internet-
based computer applications. In spite of the advantages the security issues has increased day
by day (Kshetri 2014). The major concern is that whichever cloud-related resources were
used they were provided by the third party in majority (Ramachandran and Chang 2014). Due
to this there was a choice of the loss of trust between the customers and the service providers.
There are ways however to resolve these issues. There are certain certifications like the
NIST-FISMA and ISO (Duncan, Pym and Whittington 2013). It is believed that it does not
cover the entire requirement. There should be a development in the framework of the security
management. FISMA develops certain principles that strictly work on the cloud security
management framework. This is designed to establish union between the customers and the
vendors of the cloud service. In spite of all this the issue relating to the feedback needs to e
solved. The arrangement of regular feedback session should be done. There is no specific
suggestion of feedback session organized by the cloud vendors (Kshetri 2013). According to

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Bayramusta and Nasir (2016) on the contrary there is a possibility of the IT companies to
provide cost-effective profitable services there is a chance for the IT companies to come up
with more effective profitable services to make the cloud system better. There are certain
loopholes in the system which needs to be taken care of. The threats like the threat of DDoS
attacks make it difficult for the patent customers to access the system. There are systematic
solutions for this. However, according to Lowry, et al. (2015) the problems of the malware
attacks like the Trojan horse, Logic Bombs is dangerous and not efficient technologies have
been found for this. These problems results in the stealing of the important information which
includes the password and some important information. There is a chance of hackers to hack
the information. There is another problem of the creation of fake websites that resembles
some other websites. Even the Australia Government has faced similar issues. There has been
a solution to this. The agency of Federal Information Security Management Act has been
formulated to avoid such threats (De Filippi and McCarthy 2012).
There have been some pitfalls in the solution of the issues. The FISMA has to some
extent made efforts to develop a good relationship between the cloud vendors and the
customers. All the problems have not been solved by FISMA. There should be some other
measures that should be taken in order to solve these issues (Lowry, et al. 2015). The creation
of the fake websites similar to that of an existing websites is created in order to hack the
confidential information of the users. Strict action should be taken against this by the cyber
crime department (Pearson 2013). It should be the duty of the Cyber Crime department to
investigate the source of the crime and strict punishments should be taken against this. The
fear of the crime will stop the criminals from creating the crime of creating fake accounts and
hacking private information (Duncan and Whittington 2016). A different department should
be formed to mange such issues related to the frisking of the information of the users. A
system should be developed to keep a feedback session from the customers. The feedbacks

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should be followed by the cloud vendors (Ramachandran and Chang 2016). It might help in
the development in the service that is provided by the cloud vendors and the customers
availing the services available cloud computing sectors (Duncan, Bratterud and Happe 2016).
Discussion
The step towards the cloud computing system is a discourse all together. This was a
significant step towards the future. Any advanced system turns out to be advantageous as
well as disadvantageous. This is the same in case of cloud computing system. The cloud
computing has turned systems easier (Sajid, Abbas and Saleem 2016). They have increased
the risk of complications as well. However there have been taking many steps that have been
taken in order to avoid the problems of getting hacked. The issue of losing the information
has always remained a regular problem in the case of accessing the cloud computing system.
In spite of all the frameworks these problems have not eradicated. To ethics can be
maintained only when the structure of the protective measures can be improved. The privacy
of policies is the major issue to the customers (Chang and Ramachandran 2016). The cloud
computing provider should be permitted from viewing the private information with the
explicit consent in case of troubleshooting the technical issues. In contrast to that in many
cases it has been found that it was obvious way of treating the private data, there have been
certain profile cases of extremely popular websites imposing the comparatively less privacy
policies on the issues of the customers (Sultan 2014). It occurred in many social media
websites as well. There has been a question to the cloud computing provider regarding the
strategy of their data availability (Lupşe, Vida and Tivadar 2012). This gives rise to the
question of ensuring the data remaining safe and confidential. This can happen in the case of
natural and human-induced disaster. The kind of disasters that is required to contemplate the
data availability strategy is huge (Brey 2012). The natural disasters range from the lightning

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bolt causes a power outage at a particular data centre which extends to earthquakes
sometimes (Mihaljević and Imai 2015). This wipes off the entire state. The human-induced
disasters include the simple network misconfiguration or a situation where the SaaS provider
must shut down for any particular number of issues related to the business continuity. Though
the above pictures are extremely undesirable, the value of the data remains stored which
requires a comprehensive plan to mitigate the risk that is associated with it. Though there are
certain serious issues there are a broad range of extremely effective technologies and the
techniques that are available to both Saas users and the end users. This is done to ensure that
their data is safe and secure (Akande April and Van Belle 2013).
Conclusion
The above mentioned measures are taken altogether to make the data availability as
one of the most necessary advantage of the cloud computing system. Finally to put up a
logical conclusion to the report it can be mentioned that the cloud computing system has
made the systems smooth and smart. It has turned the hard work to smart work. However,
with the improvement in the preventive measures to protect the system from the dangers of
hacking the system can be effective in the future as it already has turned to the same. There
are ethical issues more or less in every system but there are ways to tackle the issues. The
recommendations made above can develop the entire system and eradicate the negative
aspects attached to it.

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