Cloud Computing the Security Perspective

Abstract

This is the age of cloud computing. Because of obvious benefits of cloud computing over the traditional IT systems, the organizations are moving from No-Cloud stance to Cloud-First , or preferably to the Only-Cloud platforms. But the cloud being a shared resource, by nature, the cloud security is a foremost issue for organizations, and is an important research area in the academia. The report entitled The Treacherous 12 - Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2016 released on February 29, 2016 by Top Threats Working Group , a division of Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) newline