MITS Research Report: Cloud Computing Data Leakage Prevention

This research report, prepared for the Victorian Institute of Technology, delves into the critical issue of data leakage in cloud computing. It highlights the pervasive nature of cloud technology across various sectors and the associated security risks, including malware attacks and data breaches. The report focuses on preventive measures such as double authentication, strong password policies, and robust encryption techniques. It emphasizes the necessity of a secure cloud environment for businesses, organizations, and individual users, given the increasing reliance on cloud services. The research also assesses the impact of these security measures and explores the importance of user education in promoting the responsible and secure use of cloud computing technologies. The report references a comprehensive set of sources to support its findings and recommendations, providing a detailed analysis of the challenges and potential solutions in cloud computing security.

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Cloud computing is the usage of remote servers for data operation and management and is one of the
leading technology of our times. Due to this, it finds numerous usages everywhere, from data storage
and security to services, business, research and other fields. But, cloud computing is prone to several
risks, like malware attacks, data leakages and loss and many more. This research has been conducted
in order to find out the various ways in which the leakage of data can be prevented in cloud computing.
It is a lengthy research dealing with various ways to do so like double authentication, password policy,
good encryption and many more. This research will be beneficial for all those who use cloud
networking and other information technology services, making this technology much more user friendly
and popular. This research is necessary. With the increasing demand of cloud technologies and also
security issues regarding it constantly threatening big and small businesses, common users and other
organizations, the need for having a safe cloud is very important. This research also focuses on the
impacts of these security measures and also their needs and applications. Primarily, we can consider
good password policy, backups and using correct cloud provider as effective means of cloud security,
but for bigger threats like virus attacks, internal damage, proper handling is required. The users must
also be taught about its need, uses and impacts helping cloud computing develop further in future.

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