Introduction
Policing the cloud is a difficult task as the internet and web are very big places. In my essay I will cover the reasons for the need to police the cloud and how it is policed so i shall start with:
Understanding Cloud Computing.
Hacking - why it is done?
- how its done?
- who are hackers?
Security and how it is implemented into Software as a Service Platform as a Service & Infrastructure as a service
Understanding Cloud Computing
What is cloud computing, well it is the ability to use virtual machine on servers somewhere in the world to get work done, store data and use virtual machine to compute over the internet.
Cloud computing is the ability to use programmes and data on a remote server somewhere in the world that is connected to the internet to get work done. In cloud computing there are 3 types of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS & IaaS. Information is stored on servers, you host your IaaS (infrastructure as a service) service on a server or multiple servers. This is expensive to do for the average person so companies have been set up to do this for you like amazons Elastic Computing and you pay for how many servers you use over a month and you pay for storage. Programmes are run in virtual machines (virtual computers) on servers so users can use these services over the internet at ant time.
Types of Cloud Computing & How They Work.
In cloud computing there are 3 types of cloud computing.
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
IaaS is the physical type of cloud computing it is all of the hard ware that handles the off site computing these servers are not just a bunch of hard drives. They are computers, with a CPU, RAM, hard drives, a power supply, etc. these machines do the work that is then trans...
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...de this look at Policing the cloud, its obvious that the the world is an ever changing place that many steps have to be taken when cloud computing, as there are always vulnerabilities in the system so cautions should be taken. Altho it is a dangerous place in the cloud there are many ways of protecting yourself from these dangers and its worth noting that you need security at every step in your infrastructure to be completely safe any small gap could lead to an unwanted so and so accessing your system. Every possible angle of cloud computing must be examined when designing software to police it, all entry points and exit points must be heavily guarded to protect the contents of the server. After covering this topic its nice to see people like IBM creating initiatives to stop hacking and malware causing problem, creating a self policing cloud where users can be safe.
