Cloud computing is one of the buzzwords of technological developments in the IT industry and service sectors. Widening the social capabilities of servicing for a user on the internet while narrowing the insufficiency to store information and provide facilities locally, computing interests are shifting towards cloud services. Cloud services although contributes to major advantages for servicing also incurs notification to major security issues. The issues and the approaches that can be taken to minimise or even eliminate their effects are discussed in this paper to progress toward more secure storage services on the cloud.