Security Challenges in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is now becoming a major factor out in the IT world. One of the main issues that companies have with cloud computing is how safe is it.  The article talks about the threat savings promised by the cloud are however offset by the perceived security threats feared by users.  Cloud computing is a new term that is now starting to be use in more and more companies.  Cloud computing is typically based on their deployment or service models. There are four different types of deployment or service models: Private cloud, Public cloud, community cloud, and hybrid cloud.  Cloud service model are typically classified as software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).  All these services are combine and to form cloud computing. Cloud computing is currently being in used in some of the larger corporations such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and Facebook.  The fact that these companies are using the cloud computing should be proof how secure cloud computing is. 

Some cloud security challenges are resource location, multi-tenancy issue, authentication and trust of acquirement information, system monitoring and logs, and cloud standards.  There are many open problems in cloud computing security that should be addressed by cloud providers. Cloud computing is 100 percent safe like any other form of security. It very secure and it is much more cost effective for the larger companies. Cloud computing shifts most of the IT infrastructure and data storage to third-party providers. The article talked about the specific security requirements for securing data storage in the cloud. They are data stored on the cloud should be kept private; the data owner has full control over authorization of data sharing, and data access authorization is designated to the intended user only.  Cloud providers make sure that they are taken care of. They are being trusted to secure valuable information so they make sure to do the best they can to help satisfy their customers.