Question

_{Subject: Cloud computing}

A cloud provider can have many cloud consumers who are using one or more services. However, there can be a number of challenges and events that can threaten the regular levels of service. Explain how the cloud providers can address these challenges and threats?

Answer 1

Cloud providers face the many challenges related to security and privacy issues of cloud consumers. There are threats are arised in cloud computing services which cause the data leaks.

• Cloud consumers request for the cloud services to store their data in cloud. So security is provided by the cloud providers but it is not strong. Because attackers can easily break the security features and hack the data. They can insert the malwares by hijacking methods to cause system risk.

To avoid such type of threats cloud providers should take some measurements are following as:

• Provide effective training to the employees in handling the security threats and privacy risks to protect the data.
• Encryption methods should be strongly applied on the data.
• Develop the applications with less user-friendly nature.This avoids the outsiders to access the application.
• Authentication and authorization methods should be applied when providing cloud services to the customers.
• Testing should be performed for all activities involved in cloud computing.
• Security and privacy features should be improved to make the data confidential.
• Cloud providers should use standard frameworks of Application Programming Interfaces (API's).
• Cloud providers make sure that all systems and models are updated.
• Cloud providers should monitor the consumers list who are taking and using cloud services.

By the following above measurements, cloud providers can avoid such type of threats and vulnerabilities in regulating services.