Security Issues to Cloud Computing

Onwubiko, Cyril

doi:10.1007/978-1-84996-241-4_16

Cited by 43 publications

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“…These inherent features in the cloud raise immediate concerns and risks related to data privacy and security, which have been the main focus of the majority of current academic studies [e.g. 10,11,12] and industrial reports [e.g. 9] on cloud computing.…”

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Exploring Critical Risks Associated with Enterprise Cloud Computing

Guo

Dutta

Choudhary

2014

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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Abstract. While cloud computing has become an increasingly hot topic in the industry, risks associated with the adoption of cloud services have also received growing attention from researchers and practitioners. This paper reports the results of a study that aimed to identify and explore potential risks that organisations may encounter when adopting cloud computing, as well as to assess and prioritise the identified risks. The study adopted a deductive research method based on a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed to a group of 295 carefully selected and highly experienced IT professionals, of which 39 (13.2%) responses were collected and analysed. The research findings identified a set of 39 cloud computing risks, which concentrated around diverse operational, organisational, technical, and legal areas. It was identified that the most critical risks were caused by current legal and technical complexity and deficiencies associated with cloud computing, as well as by a lack of preparation and planning of user companies.

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Section: Risk Score Of Each Cloud Computing Risk = σ [W *(Probabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Critical Risks Associated with Enterprise Cloud Computing

Guo

Dutta

Choudhary

2014

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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“…These inherent features and inevitable issues in the cloud raise immediate concerns and risks related to data privacy and security, which have been the main focus of the majority of current academic studies [e.g. 13,14,15,21] and industrial reports [e.g. 27, 29] on cloud computing.…”

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“…Moreover, an extensive review of the literature indicated that, existing studies [e.g. 13,14,15,16] on cloud computing risks and challenges focused mainly on security and privacy aspects, but failed to explore a more holistic picture that covers other socio-technical, legal, and business-related risks that are also important in the complicated cloud environment. Therefore, the research reported in this paper is a timely study to address this research gap.…”

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Risks in Enterprise Cloud Computing: The Perspective of it Experts

Dutta

Guo

Choudhary

2013

Journal of Computer Information Systems

110

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Cloud computing has become an increasingly prevalent topic in recent years. However, migrating hitherto internal IT data and applications to the cloud is associated with a wide range of risks and challenges. The study reported in this paper aims to explore potential risks that organisations may encounter during cloud computing adoption, as well as to assess and prioritise these risks, from the perspective of IT practitioners and consultants. A questionnaire was designed and distributed to a group of 295 highly experienced IT professionals involved in developing and implementing cloud based solutions, of which 39 (13.2%) responses were collected and analysed. The findings identified a set of 39 cloud computing risks, which concentrated around diverse operational, organisational, technical, and legal areas. The most critical top 10 risks perceived by IT experts were found to be caused by current legal and technical complexity and deficiencies associated with cloud computing, as well as by a lack of preparation and planning of user companies.

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“…Therefore, in [6], it is pointed out that security issues to cloud computing include: To date, most papers published on cloud security reflect continuations of established lines of security research, such as web security [7], data outsourcing and assurance [8], and virtual machines [9]. Below we discuss the new security aspects in cloud computing environment.…”

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confidence: 99%