A Survey on the Security of Cloud Computing

Alhenaki, Lubna; Alwatban, Alaa; Alamri, Bashaer; Alarifi, Noof

doi:10.1109/cais.2019.8769497

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“…In the study of [26], a survey reviewed and evaluated major attacks targeting the security of Cloud Computing and presented solutions and potential countermeasures to serve as a benchmark for comparative research. This study lacked techniques to solve some major security challenges.…”

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Secure Cloud Infrastructure: A Survey on Issues, Current Solutions, and Open Challenges

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Cloud computing is currently becoming a well-known buzzword in which business titans, such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, among others, are at the forefront in developing and providing sophisticated cloud computing systems to their users in a cost-effective manner. Security is the biggest concern for cloud computing and is a major obstacle to users adopting cloud computing systems. Maintaining the security of cloud computing is important, especially for the infrastructure. Several research works have been conducted in the cloud infrastructure security area; however, some gaps have not been completely addressed, while new challenges continue to arise. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the security issues at different cloud infrastructure levels (e.g., application, network, host, and data). It investigates the most prominent issues that may affect the cloud computing business model with regard to infrastructure. It further discusses the current solutions proposed in the literature to mitigate the different security issues at each level. To assist in solving the issues, the challenges that are still unsolved are summarized. Based on the exploration of the current challenges, some cloud features such as flexibility, elasticity and the multi-tenancy are found to pose new challenges at each infrastructure level. More specifically, the multi-tenancy is found to have the most impact at all infrastructure levels, as it can lead to several security problems such as unavailability, abuse, data loss and privacy breach. This survey concludes by giving some recommendations for future research.

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Secure Cloud Infrastructure: A Survey on Issues, Current Solutions, and Open Challenges

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“…Data privacy and security issues in cloud computing include hacking, phishing, the introduction of malware, identity fraud, electronic theft, and unauthorized disclosure of access codes and security passwords (Alhenaki et al, 2019). It is imperative that the institutions uphold patient confidentiality in the management of healthcare data.…”

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Integration of Smart Wearable Devices and Cloud Computing in the Kenyan Public Health Care System

2021

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The utilization of smart wearable devices and cloud computing in the Kenyan public health care system will facilitate real-time patient monitoring and management. The shortage of certified healthcare professionals and the limited access to quality specialized care for individuals in remote settings has prompted the adoption of wearable devices and cloud computing strategies in Kenya. However, there lacks a clear framework design of integrating the technologies in the public health sector. This article evaluates the current status of healthcare systems in Kenya. It also investigates the existing mobile health and cloud computing services in the country while evaluating the main legal concerns inherent to the utilization of the technologies. The document further outlines a framework design for a mobile application named GB Health. The application incorporates cloud computing and smart wearable devices in the Kenyan public health care system. The design will enhance workflow and patient outcomes in the sector.

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“…Hyperjacking is an attack on the hypervisor, in which the hacker injects a rogue hypervisor or takes malicious control over the installed hypervisor between the target system and the hardware to controls the whole internal server resources within a virtualized cloud environment. The attacker tries to attack the target operating system below the VMs to execute its malicious code and applications on VM [48]. The most important thing about hypervisor is that attackers can efficiently run unauthorized applications over the system without realizing the presence of any suspicious activity to the administrator.…”

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Next-generation Blockchain-Enabled Virtualized Cloud Security Solutions: Review and Open Challenges

Uddin¹,

Khalique²,

Jumani³

2020

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This paper reviews, discusses, and highlights some of the standard cloud computing vulnerabilities primarily related to virtualization platforms and their implementations while outsourcing services and resources to different end-users and business enterprises. Furthermore, we provide Blockchain-enabled solutions for virtualized cloud computing platform involving both the end-users as well as cloud service providers (CSP) to address and solve different security and privacy-related vulnerabilities using blockchain-enabled solutions to improve their cloud services and resource provisioning facilities.

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A Survey on the Security of Cloud Computing

Cited by 36 publications

References 30 publications

Secure Cloud Infrastructure: A Survey on Issues, Current Solutions, and Open Challenges

Secure Cloud Infrastructure: A Survey on Issues, Current Solutions, and Open Challenges

Integration of Smart Wearable Devices and Cloud Computing in the Kenyan Public Health Care System

Next-generation Blockchain-Enabled Virtualized Cloud Security Solutions: Review and Open Challenges

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