Author : Pulkit Chaudhary

Today cloud computing is the most trending and advanced technology with high future implementation in the information and technology industries. Nowadays many cloud storages or online storages are provided by a number of companies to their customers as well as to the employees. In current scenario computing infrastructure is rapidly moving towards the cloud based architecture in which the users are enabled to move their data and application software to the network and access the services on-demand. It is a flexible, cost-effective, and proven delivery platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet (Keiko Hashizume et al, 2013). It is an evolutionary advancement which covers elements from grid computing, utility computing and autonomic computing, into inventive deployment architecture. Cloud computing enthralls the focus of the IT industries, Government Organization and Healthcare Sector. This transition to Cloud computing has fueled concerns on a critical security issue for the success of information systems, communication and information security. A number of risks have been associated with the security of cloud computing. One major issue is the security of data stored on the provider’s cloud and privacy at the time of data transmission. This paper is focused on the basic essential details and major security issues of the cloud computing.

Keywords: Cloud Security, Encryption, cloud services, Cloud computing, Cloud security issues

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.4, No.6 (Dec-2014)