As most of the cloud computing services depend on the internet, the availability of the service is incessant. The only thing a user needs to worry about is the security of the data, which is stored on the cloud network, which is popularly known as shared network. Most of the services available on cloud are getting cheaper and cheaper day by day but still several companies are showing their reluctance to adopt cloud platform for mission critical applications. The prime reasons behind this reluctance are availability of the impeccable service, security concerns and performance issues. Yes, security on cloud computing is still an issue with the emerging technologies; there is a new method of hacking coming to the market. The concern on data security is the biggest problem with cloud computing technology. Unless and otherwise could service providers will come up with the best solutions for network security, performance improvement and application availability, the future would be dark for cloud computing technology.
All a customer need is a best delivery model that suits a cloud environment, which is secure, scalable and flexible. Customer always looks for high availability of the application he or she is using or deploying. A customer, who is running a online store or travel agency, will never like the website is for hours together because, the entire business for these companies depend on the availability of the service. Any company, which depends on website revenues, may not love to have any kind of service unavailability.
[...] This is where interoperability comes into picture. Interoperability is one of the benefits that a customer gets from the cloud computing environment. The world Privacy Forum has done a critical analysis on the implications of information privacy and confidentiality of the business information on cloud computing. The analysis revealed some facts which every customer needs to know before going for could environment. The analysis report says that the information, which is on cloud, is easily available to the third parties like government agents and private litigants. [...]
[...] In coming days, the security with regards to cloud computing will be increased in the future time. As discussed, the data location is also impacts the security of the data. If a client suspects on the service provider, who does not comply the security compliances, there are not many legal ways to get the investigation done. Network Security Network security is a concern in today's world because the entire world is running on the networks. Yes, cloud computing is based on the shared network. [...]
[...] If the network security is taken care, data protection and application protection issues will be automatically solved. This is the reason why most of the service providers' are trying to solve the networking security issues as their primary goal. References Mills, E. (2009). Cloud computing security forecast: Clear skies. CNET News. Rochwerger, R., Caceres, J., Montero, R. S., Breitgand, D., Elmroth, E., Galis, A., Levy, E., Llorente, I.M., Nagin, K. & Wolfsthal, Y (2009). The RESERVOIR Model and Architecture for Open Federated Cloud Computing. [...]
[...] The concern on data security is the biggest problem with cloud computing technology. Unless and otherwise could service providers will come up with the best solutions for network security, performance improvement and application availability, the future would be dark for cloud computing technology. All a customer need is a best delivery model that suits a cloud environment, which is secure, scalable and flexible. Customer always looks for high availability of the application he or she is using or deploying. A customer, who is running a online store or travel agency, will never like the website is for hours together because, the entire business for these companies depend on the availability of the service. [...]
[...] The first thing- Do not put any pivotal data, which is not only important for you but also for your competitors of cloud, because there is a vulnerability of data security. Audit Ability One of the major negative points of cloud computing is audit ability. Yes, cloud computing services will not provide adequate audit ability to address smooth regulatory compliance. Though, nearly 60 percent of customers, who use SaaS model services of cloud computing, are pretty much happy with the audit and compliance services they are receiving. [...]
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