SECURITY ISSUES IN CLOUD COMPUTING

This paper is an effort to bring forth the security issues in cloud computing in spite of the fact that cloud computing is an emerging technology in the world of science and in our life. Cloud computing refers to the internet based platform for computing and information technology paradigm where computing is moved from our personal computer to a common platform where several computers shares the common server known as „cloud‟ of computers. Its importance is increasing day by day and this technology is blooming in the scientific and industrial communities. But due to several security issues which are faced by the users it create doubts in the mind of owner to go further with it and to share their data with the third party. Thus this paper lists the architecture and characteristic of cloud computing followed by all the common security issues, all types of attacks, with the future perspective that one can secure themselves from all of these issues as security is the prime concern for all