Mobile Cloud Computing Security: Issues in Wireless Networks

This thesis examines security issues within mobile cloud computing in wireless networks, highlighting the increasing reliance on cloud computing for data storage and the associated security challenges. It addresses the importance of data privacy, transparency, and security measures that mobile cloud environment providers should enforce. The research identifies various security threats, data breach incidents, and potential solutions, offering a comprehensive analysis of mobile cloud computing's security architecture and challenges in wireless network environments. It emphasizes the need for awareness and proactive measures to mitigate risks associated with storing data on the cloud, particularly given the rapid growth of mobile device usage and the increasing popularity of cloud-based services.

Running head: MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING IN WIRELESS NETWORK AND
SECURITY ISSUES
Mobile cloud computing in wireless network and security issues
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Abstract
This thesis focuses on security issues in the mobile cloud computing in wireless networks. Cloud
computing has been a great approach to the IT field. Various organization has been benefited by
the cloud computing. It is the duty of the mobile cloud environment providers to assure their
customer to enforce certain limitations over the data being shared and the privacy assurance as
well as the transparency degree of the data. The aim of the research is to identify security issues
in mobile computing in wireless networks. There has been many cases reported related to the
data breach and loss in the cloud computing. The solutions to the challenges have been provided
in the research. The research is a complete package of mobile cloud computing and its security
issues and challenges over the wireless networks. The security architecture of mobile cloud
computing have been discussed in the research.

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Acknowledgement
Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor Prof. _______ for the
continuous support of related research, for his patience, motivation, and immense knowledge.
His guidance helped me in all the time of research and writing of this thesis. I could not have
imagined having a better advisor and mentor for my study. Besides my advisor, I would like to
thank the rest of my thesis committee: Prof. __________, for their insightful comments and
encouragement, but also for the hard question which incented me to widen my research from
various perspectives. My sincere thanks also goes to Dr. _________, who provided me an
opportunity to join their team as intern, and who gave access to the laboratory and research
facilities. Without they precious support it would not be possible to conduct this research.
I thank my fellow labmates in for the stimulating discussions, for the sleepless nights we were
working together before deadlines, and for all the fun we have had in the last four years. Also I
thank my friends in the following institution __________________________ . In particular, I am
grateful to Dr. Chen Fan for enlightening me the first glance of research.
Last but not the least, I would like to thank my family: my parents and to my brothers and sister
for supporting me spiritually throughout writing this thesis and my my life in general.

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Statement of Originality
I certify that this thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other
degree or diploma in any institute, college or university, and that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except
where due references are made in the text of the thesis.
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Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................2
Acknowledgement...........................................................................................................................3
Statement of Originality..................................................................................................................4
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................5
List of Figures..................................................................................................................................6
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................7
Chapter 2: Background...................................................................................................................8
Chapter 3: Review of Related Work..............................................................................................13
3.1 Mobile security service layers.............................................................................................13
3.2 Schemes of mobile cloud computing...................................................................................13
3.3 Different architectures of mobile cloud computing.............................................................14
3.4 Security issues related to mobile cloud computing.............................................................16
Chapter 4: Conclusion...................................................................................................................19
References......................................................................................................................................20

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List of Figures
Figure 1: Cloud computing..............................................................................................................9
Figure 2: Security issues in mobile cloud computing....................................................................11
Figure 3: System Architecture.......................................................................................................15

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Chapter 1: Introduction
In modern world, individuals have been using a lot of computing resources and devices
including mobile phones, computers, video games consoles and set-up boxes. Some of the boxes
are wired while others are wireless. These wireless devices are mainly connected with the help of
wireless networks including Wi-Fi to mobile network. However, these devices connect to a large
area and devices form a single punt. Therefore, the use in the wireless networks has been
promoted in the market [1]. The implementation of cloud computing in the wireless networks
have been a great step towards the data storage. Wireless networks have been collecting data and
information from various sources. Therefore, it becomes difficult for storing huge amount of data
at time and place. Cloud computing has helped in storing a mass amount of data and information
over the internet. Various devices have been connected with the cloud computing with respect to
get a large space for storing data and information. There is a need of awareness about the storing
data and information over the cloud. The cloud computing have been helping in providing a
keen approach ti the development of the services provided to the users over the market. The
technical achievement of the cloud computing have been helping in maintaining the services
prodded to the users of storing their data and information to internet [2]. The use of cloud
computing have been maintaining security of data and information. However, the security issues
in the cloud computing have been arising in each step of development in the technology. The
popularity of the cloud computing has been increasing in a daily basis in the market. The security
threats in the cloud computing have been issues fir the researchers sun the marketed. The use of
the cloud computing has been mainlining the services provided by cloud providers in the market.

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Therefore, it can be analyzed that cloud computing has been creating a new class of technology
in the market related to the data storage services.
The use of the mobile has been increased in the market by users. The retail mobile
adoption in this century has been exponentially growing in the market. Various new mobile
manufacturing companies have been opened din the market. The availability of the mobile
phones have been increased in the market. Therefore, the adoption of the cloud computing have
been increased in the market. The use of mobile has been versatile in every cases. Therefore,
adoption of cloud computing in the mobile phones have been a common cause for the
manufacturers in the market. Smartphones have been the next generation of the mobile phones.
Therefore, these smartphones have been utilizing the importance of cloud computing in the
marmite. The core technology of the cloud computing has been installed in the smartphones for
beneficiary effect of h cloud computing.

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Chapter 2: Background
Cloud computing has been an emerging technology in the market. Therefore, there has
been many issues in the cloud computing including data security issues. Cloud computing has
been beneficial for an easy storage of data and information over the cloud. The use of cloud
computing in the technical world has been providing a lot of benefits in the organizations.
Various organization have been using the cloud computing in order to store their personal and
critical data and documents over the cloud [3]. The cloud providers are providing various offers
to the organizations for using their services. However, data issues have been an important
challenge faced by every company in the market. The use of thee mobile cloud computing has
been in trend for recent years. Mobile phones have been used by most of the user instead of
carrying a laptop of any there computing devices. The smartphones have been a revolution in
the mobile world. Various games and applications are running user the smartphone in order to
provide ease of accessing ti the users. Various facilities including data storage, portable networks
and important accessories are available over the smartphones.

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Figure 1: Cloud computing
According to Cisco IBSG (Internet Business Solution Group), almost 80% of population
of the world has been accessing mobile phones and new advanced devices including Android
smartphones, iPhones, palmtops and tablets [4]. Therefore, mobile cloud computing has been an
important aspect in then Cloud computing arena. With the rapid growth of the cloud computing
and mobile devices, the security of data and information has been increasing on a daily basis.
There has been many cases reported related to the data breach and loss in the cloud computing.
This technology is useful in augmenting the potential of devices which are resource constrained.
With the combination of cloud technology as well as mobile devices, the content providers will

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get an opportunity to access billing capabilities and network capabilities through a number of
network. The technical advances have been showing both positive and negative results in the
market. The rapid growth of the internet has been creating several cases in the organization.
Cloud computing has helped in storing a mass amount of data and information over the internet
[5]. Mobile cloud computing has been creating several challenges and issues including privacy,
security, telecommunication capacity, anonymity, reliability and liability.
This thesis will throw light on identification of security challenges and issues in mobile
cloud computing. The research will help in analyses impact of the mobile cloud computing on
development of users in the market. The solutions to the challenges have been provided in the
research. The research is a complete package of mobile cloud computing and its security issues
and challenges over the wireless networks. The security architecture of mobile cloud computing
have been discussed in the research.

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Figure 2: Security issues in mobile cloud computing
The availability of cloud computing and its slow emergence in the mobile domain have
provided the potential for a mobile cloud computing environment which is interconnected and
globally available. With the rise of wireless and handheld devices promising information on the
go anytime and from anywhere, the fundamental lives of people have changed [6]. The rise of
fast mobile networks has allowed millions of people all around the world to share ubiquitous
connectivity. The number of mobile devices and the consecutive applications it uses has risen
exponentially since 2013 and it has been universally accepted that mobile terminals like Wi-Fi
sensors, tablets, PDAs, mobile devices and thin clients are low in computational power (disk
capacity, memory size and processor speed). With the advancement in hardware, there will
always be a situation where the static hardware will lead to resource poor operations. The