Title
Secure cloud storage: available infrastructures and architectures review and evaluation
Abstract
Cloud Computing is an emerging technology paradigm, enabling and facilitating the dynamic and versatile provision of computational resources and services. Even though the advantages offered by cloud computing are several, there still exists thoughts as per the thus offered security and privacy services. Transferring and storing data to a cloud computing infrastructure, provided by Storage-as-a-Service (STaS) tenants, changes an organization's security posture, as it is challenging to control or audit the cloud provider's infrastructure in terms of the way the underlying risks are controlled and mitigated. Therefore, it is necessary that the organizations understand the new threats and risks introduced by the cloud technology. On the other hand we need to adopt, develop, and deploy mechanisms that can effectively and efficiently preserve the confidentiality and integrity of the data. In this paper we examine available cloud computing architectures, focusing on their security capabilities regarding the storage of the data. We then define a set of comparative criteria, so as to evaluate these architectures. Finally, we evaluate current commercial secure storage services, in order to demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses as well as their supported features and usability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-22890-2_7
TrustBus
Keywords
Field
DocType
cloud computing infrastructure,cloud technology,security posture,architectures review,cloud computing,available cloud computing architecture,security capability,storing data,current commercial secure storage,technology paradigm,cloud provider,available infrastructure,secure cloud storage,evaluation,security
Services computing,Internet privacy,Computer science,Computer security,Usability,Cloud computing security,Emerging technologies,Utility computing,Cloud storage,Cloud testing,Cloud computing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.45
22
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nikos Virvilis1754.52
Stelios Dritsas213911.96
Dimitris Gritzalis395599.85