Check out these papers about data security in cloud computing

• http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/best-practices/enhancing-cloud-security-using-data-anonymization.pdf
• http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1403/1403.5627.pdf
• http://research.ijcaonline.org/rtinfosec/number1/rtinfosec1403.pdf
• http://ijret.org/Volumes/V02/I14/IJRET_110214005.pdf
• http://homepage.cs.latrobe.edu.au/ekpardede/publication/JSW-8-5.pdf
• http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1204/1204.0764.pdf

Check out these papers about data security in cloud computing

• http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/best-practices/enhancing-cloud-security-using-data-anonymization.pdf
• http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1403/1403.5627.pdf
• http://research.ijcaonline.org/rtinfosec/number1/rtinfosec1403.pdf
• http://ijret.org/Volumes/V02/I14/IJRET_110214005.pdf
• http://homepage.cs.latrobe.edu.au/ekpardede/publication/JSW-8-5.pdf
• http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1204/1204.0764.pdf

Hi Kayode,

You can explore Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) website whereby you can join as member, access their blog, or take their highly demanded but not easy to pass Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK).

CCSK train you to look at cloud security from many domains inclusive: architecture, governance, risk management, legal contract issues, eDiscovery, compliance & audit management, information management & data security, interoperability & portability, impact on traditional security, business continuity & DR, DC operations, incident response, application security, encryption & key management, identity, entitlement & access management, virtualization as well as Security-as-a-Service.  All the best.

https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/

Regards,

Fung

Dear Kayode,

Let us take the cloud vs. traditional in-house computing question as analogous to modern condo apartments vs. traditional single and independent houses. In perceptional terms (for someone who has been staying  all along in a stand alone house), the condo system where many people (strangers to begin with) stay together would look like a security hazard. This is more perceptional than real. Physical security, remote control driven garage opening, biometric lifts, radar surveillance, CCTV and the likes can be easily employed in a condo. The costs for these complex infrastructure will get divided amongst the many residents in the condo and hence multi layers of security can be provided at a low per head cost. At the other end, the individual home owner manages with a dog and feels safe.

Carry forward the same thought process to cloud and one gets a feeling that the security concerns are mostly perceptional in character. The layers of security that a high end tier 4 (even tier 3) data center can provide can seldom be duplicated by a stand alone system, unless they are owned by large enterprises.

This is just a thought. For getting closer to cloud risks, I am attaching three papers.

A cloud computing security solution based on fully homomorphic encryption by Feng Zhao *, Chao Li *, Chun Feng Liu *

Security on clouds is actually on the traditional internet security. Proper two way access monitoring is required to inculcate better security.

There are solutions, storage devices that support backup eg devices: USB drive, external hard drive, they allow backup of the data we climbed into the clouds, some of the services offered in the media Cloud Computing, feature models that enliven our data synchronization to ensure the integrity of these.

Have a look at those paper on information flow control in the cloud.

Article SilverLine: Data and Network Isolation for Cloud Services

Article Information Flow Control for Secure Cloud Computing

Conference Paper FlowK: Information Flow Control for the Cloud

Additionally to above ansswers, you can read my published paper at IJHPGC,

Cryptographic cloud computing environment as amore trusted communication env.

Go ahead