Essential Characteristics Of Cloud Computing

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Chapter 1 : Introduction
Cloud computing : Cloud computing is a new class of network based computing that takes place over the internet. Large number of remote servers are allow to centralized data storage and there is online access to computer resources and services.
Characteristic that define cloud data ,applications services and infrastructure are given below:
• Remotely hosted : Remotely hosted means data and services in cloud computing are hosted on remote infrastructure.
• Ubiquitous : It means services and data in cloud can be access from anywhere.
• Commodified : It means that in cloud you can pay for what you would want.

Cloud computing Environment
Essential Characteristics that a cloud must possess:
On-demand self-service: A customer …show more content…

Myth7 Big data is not a big deal : This is wrong that big data is not a big deal.With ever increasing amounts of business, digital data are generating and storing more information.If not taken into account this could lead to damaged and ineffective storage and systems. By moving into the cloud consumer will achieve far greater storage efficiency and a structured approach to data management that will help you achieve and sustain competitive advantage.

Types of cloud computing

Public cloud: The public cloud means the computing services are available on the public Internet. Generally, public cloud providers like Microsoft,Google and Amazon AWS own and operate the infrastructure and offer access over the Internet.Some benefits of public cloud are discussed below:

• The public cloud reduce costs.
• The public cloud is highly scalable.
• Public cloud provides universal scalability.
• Applications and data are automatically upgraded and backed …show more content…

Encryption mechanisms are depends on the reliability of the difficulty of decryption mechanism. Encryption methods include asymmetric key encryption systems and symmetric key encryption system. Asymmetric key can get high security because it use different keys but encryption and decryption is slow.
2.Security threats in cloud computing, Authors(Farhan bashir shaikh, Sajjad haider),2011
Discription: Services of cloud are used by both larger and smaller scale organizations.Cloud computing has huge advantages but it is a global phenomenon therefore it has some disadvantages. Both the Service providers and the consumers must work together to ensure safety and security of data on clouds. Customers of cloud services are in fear of data loss and privacy.This paper propose to use The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) release of a new governance, risk management, and compliance stack for cloud computing. The cloud security tools are available for free download, is meant to help organizations create public and private clouds that act accordingly with industry standards for accepted governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) best practices. The GRC stack has three components: a controls framework, a technical foundation and a questionnaire for assessing what the CSA (cloud security alliance) calls for platform-, infrastructure- and software-as-a-service

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