Abstract: Cloud computing exhibits a remarkable potential to offer cost-effective and more flexible services on-demand to the customers over the network. It dynamically increases the capabilities of the organization without training new people, investment in new infrastructure or licensing new software. Cloud computing has grown dramatically in the last few years due to the scalability of resources and appear as a fast-growing segment of the IT industry. The dynamic and scalable nature of cloud computing creates security challenges in their management by examining policy failure or malicious activity. In this paper, we examine the detailed design of cloud computing architecture in which deployment models, service models, cloud components, and cloud security are explored. Furthermore, this study identifies the security challenges in cloud computing during the transfer of data into the cloud and provides a viable solution to address the potential threats. The task of Trusted Third Party (TTP) is introducing that ensure the sufficient security characteristics in the cloud computing. The security solution using the cryptography is specifically as the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) that operates with Single-Sign-On (SSO) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) which ensure the integrity, confidentiality, availability, and authenticity involved in communications and data.

Muhammad Faheem Mushtaq, Urooj Akram, Irfan Khan, Sundas Naqeeb Khan, Asim Shahzad and Arif Ullah, “Cloud Computing Environment and Security Challenges: A Review” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 8(10), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.081025

@article{Mushtaq2017,
title = {Cloud Computing Environment and Security Challenges: A Review},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2017.081025},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.081025},
year = {2017},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {8},
number = {10},
author = {Muhammad Faheem Mushtaq and Urooj Akram and Irfan Khan and Sundas Naqeeb Khan and Asim Shahzad and Arif Ullah}
}