Security of Data in the Cloud

SECURITY OF DATA IN THE CLOUD
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Security of data in the cloud
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Introduction
Data is a vital asset in each and every organization. It assists a company in decision making
when it has been processed into relevant and accurate information. In modern world where
technology has taken over, most companies entirely rely on data on their day to day operations
(Ali, Bilal, Khan, Veeravalli, Li & Zomaya, 2018). Therefore there is a need to safeguard it from
intruders especially hackers who might use it for malicious reasons.
Most companies hesitate keeping their data in cloud due to security risks which remains a top
reason as to why several organizations still doubt engaging cloud services providers. These CSPs
provide services to their customers on a leased basis since they have the infrastructure which
assist them in offering those services. Engaging CSPs has a lot of advantages but it also has
many drawbacks. CSPs are facing a lot of challenges when it comes to offering their cloud
services to their clients due to risks which comes with whole idea. Most companies are very
worried when it comes to handing over their data to CSPs questionable security.
Discussion
It is crystal clear that security of data has hampered most companies when it comes to embracing
the use of cloud computing. There are quite a number of security challenges facing CSPs, but
here I will focus on two of them: Data loss and data breaches.
a) Data loss - This is a condition whereby data is altered either when processing, during
storage, or transmission. This renders information either unavailable,
temporarily/permanently lost. According to surveys conducted, it was realized that most
data loss occurs when there is hardware or system failure. The following are also causes