A Survey Paper on Security Challenges in Healthcare Cloud Computing

Abstract

Cloud computing is the BuzzWord of today. Its business models like PaaS, SaaS and IaaS have been some of the biggest changes in todays world impacting not only the computer industry but also several other fields, one such is the health care. Health care industry is slowly moving towards cloud because of the benefits provided by cloud computing. As Patient data are very sensitive records that should not be made available to unauthorized people there comes the challenge of security in order to protect patient's information. However, cloud technology is vulnerable to cyber gaps that pose an adverse impact on the security and privacy of patient's electronic health records and in these situations, security challenges in cloud computing environment are a matter of challenge with rising usage of cloud technology.