Cloud Computing: User’s Perceptions About Security Issues

Abstract

Cloud Computing, combination of parallel computing, grid computing, distributed computing and others, is the next generation internet based computing system which provides easy and customizable services to the users for storing and accessing cloud data from anywhere by connecting the cloud using internet. Cloud computing is a pay as you go method of computing for which organizations save millions of their costing. Despite having numerous advantages of cloud computing, it is entitled to some problems. Among those security issues are the most important which need to be considered as client data is transferred to cloud and the responsibility of ensuring security is vested to the cloud providers. If we want to make the growth and development of cloud computing then that security issues need to be resolved immediately which will increase the acceptability of the cloud to the users. As providing security is a major concern, security challenges needs to be addressed before implementing cloud computing in the organization.

Keywords: Cloud Computing, Parallel, Grid & Distributed Computing, Security Issues.