Today the cloud is becoming a coexistent part of our daily lives as the need for easy accessibility is a must to any individual or business. There are a variety of applications to choose from to store information online such as DropBox, iCloud, and Google Drive. We must ask ourselves however, how secure are we in using these forms of online storage applications for our data? I would like to examine in depth cloud computing, the types of cloud available for use, and some of the security issues associated with the cloud. It is to the benefit any entity to be prepared for the unexpected when using the cloud and choosing the right type of cloud for use.
The types of cloud most commonly popularized are public, private, and hybrid. Public cloud computing is administered and provided by outside sources such as Amazon Simple Storage Service. Public cloud computing is billed on an as used basis and has easy scalability as more space in required. Through the ability of the cloud to employ services as used, it can just as easily un-employ them. There are many services that offer for free a specific amount of data space to users. For employees in a business however, it is of importance to store confidential information under the use of a private cloud. Never put information pertaining to customers or finances on the public cloud.
Private cloud computing is typically managed and executed by internal users in a data center on or offsite for a business. A private cloud maintains all confidential information under the strict guidelines of an organization or business. The company should keep in check that the proper amount of resources are being utilized at all times so that the cloud is properly maintained. This is turn will keep resources from...
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...e precautions in encryption of data so passwords and authentication are taken seriously to not be stolen. Passwords and information can be taken through interception. Such forms include: loss of governance, network sniffing, SQL injections, and insertion of malicious code. Insecurities can be found in the deletion of your data which may not be totally deleted after requesting it to be done through your cloud provider. However, in getting to know the terms of your provider it is beneficial to know that they can still offer you top notch protection. Some ways in furthering your own protection can be
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http://www.bu.edu/infosec/howtos/how-to-safely-store-your-data-in-the-cloud/
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http://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/risk-management
Tornadoes are some of the most unpredictable weather we have on earth. Tornadoes belong to the category of meteorology in earth science. Meteorology is the science that deals with the weather and conditions. A tornado is a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progress in a narrow path over the land, (Merriam-Webster, 2014).
Best example of cloud computing is Google drive and Apple iCloud. Google drive is an unadulterated distributed computing administration, with all the capacity discovered online so it can work with the cloud applications: Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Drive is additionally accessible on something other than personal computers; you can utilize it on tablets like the iPad
The second cloud infrastructure that I would like to describe is the Software as a Service model, which is also known as SaaS. The SaaS model provides a broad scope of devices that are able to access software programs from one company’s applications. System as a service was developed to run applications from any device or user that has permission from the host. The book states, “Online email services, such as Gmail and Yahoo!, are good examples of SaaS” (Jill West, 2016). Cengage Learning made the Software as a
Cloud is the result of a decade research in the field of distributing computing , utility computing, virtualization , grid computing and more recently software, network services and web technology which is changeable evolution on demanding technology and services also as looking to the rapid growth of cloud computing which have changed the global computing infrastructure as well as the concept of computing resources toward cloud infrastructure. The important and interest of cloud computing increasing day by day and this technology receives more and more attention in the world (Jain, 2014) the mostly widely used definition of cloud computing is introduced by NIST “as a model for enabling a convenient on demand network access
...idence of users by agreeing to the policy that the data submitted to their cloud platform will be kept confidential. (Ryan, 2011)
Cloud computing is defined by experts as a type of computing that relies on sharing computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications. The meaning behind the word cloud is that it is a metaphor for the entire online web and its data as well. A cloud service differs from traditional hosting in three different ways. These three differences are that cloud computing is elastic, it is sold on demand, and the service is managed by the provider of the cloud. The easiest way to explain what cloud computing does is that it stores and gives access to different data and programs over the internet rather than just your computer’s hard drive. For it to be actually considered cloud computing it must include data or programs over the internet. Cloud computing can be done anytime, anywhere with an online connection.
Many people have questioned the existence of intergalactic intelligence such as time travel and aliens. Sphere takes all of these theories and rolls it into one novel. The main character in the novel is Norman Johnson a 56 year old psychologist who is very well known in his field. Norman plays a very important role in the novel, constantly changing the events for the better. Throughout the novel many changes occur to change his thoughts and his characteristics. Norman along with other scientists are called upon to work on a crash sight, but this wasn’t an ordinary crash sight that Norman was used to work on this was a crash sight of a UFO. The UFO is believed to be hundreds of years old. The investigation that they are working on is unknown to the eyes of the public. The main reason Norman has been selected to work on this project is due to his former work on the ULF project. The ULF was a project that gave recommendations for the human contact team to interact wit Unknown Life Forms. In Normans report it recommended a team of four an astrophysicist, a zoologist, a mathematician a linguist and a fifth member, a psychologist. The physiologist job would be to monitor the rest of the crew. Harold Barnes is the leader of investigation on the crash sight; Barnes essentially took Normans ideas on the ULF project and adapted it to the crash sight with Norman being the psychologist.
Public cloud computing reduces infrastructure requirements for small business customers and creates a smaller technology profile which reduces maintenance requirements for the small business while simultaneously giving hackers less targets to hit. Software,...
When a tornado forms or passes over a water surface, it is termed a waterspout. Like tornadoes, they may assume many shapes and often occur in series or families. Measurements of their forward speeds are scarce, but estimates vary from a few kilometers an hour to as high as 64 to 80 kilometers per hour. Contrary to popular opinion, a waterspout does not "suck up" water to great heights; though it may lift the water level a few meters. The main visible cloud consists mostly of freshwater clouds produced by condensation of water vapor; however, a sheath of spray often rotates around the lower portion of the vortex tube. Thousands of vacationers and several scientists witnessed one of the largest and most famous waterspouts, observed near Massachusetts on Aug. 19, 1896. Its height was estimated to be 1,095 meters and its width 256 meters at the crest, 43 meters at center, and 73 meters at the base. The spray surrounding the vortex tube near the water surface was about 200 meters wide and 120 meters high. The spout lasted 35 minutes, disappearing and reappearing three times. Most waterspouts are smaller, with much shorter lives. This exceptional spout is an example of one that apparently was spawned by thunderstorm-squall conditions, similar to those that produce tornadoes over land. There are few authentic cases of large ships ever being destroyed by a spout, although spouts are a dangerous hazard to small vessels. A few intense waterspouts have caused deaths when they moved inland over populated areas.
When they wanted to save photos online instead of on your personal computer, they are able to use “cloud computing” service. Cloud computing means that the transfer of computing data or information over the internet. Not just to keep data in your personal computer, they are able to save the data on internet server to open their data in any computer. In this report we will walk through about what is cloud computing, what kinds of model did cloud computing have, types of cloud computing, benefits of cloud computing, and security.
Despite the numerous advantages offered by cloud computing, security is a big issue concerned with cloud computing. There are various security issues and concerns associated with cloud computing, among them being phishing, data loss and data privacy. There are different mitigation measures that cloud pioneers are currently using to ensure data stored in the cloud remain secure and confidential as intended. Encryption is one mitigation method used to ensure security in cloud computing. According to Krutz and Vines (2010), encryption involves coding of the data stored in the computing cloud such that hackers cannot gain access to the data. Data encryption seems to be the most effective method of ensuring security in computing (Krutz and Vines, 2010). However, it is of paramount importance to note that encrypted data is usually difficult to search or perform various calculations on it.
As aforementioned, in recent years the internet has increased popularity and with that comes some concerns in laws regarding the cloud. Few laws have been created to protect the users of the internet from non consensual use of personal information. “Usually the only legal precedents restricting a company is its own privacy policy but most companies give you a sense of protection without any legality behind it,”(2013, CQ Researcher, Big data and privacy). This is a problem because with no laws or policies protecting the private internet user companies will be able to do what they want with the information and nothing will stop them.
Several types of cloud storage systems have been developed to supporting both personal and business uses. Cloud storage also a model of networked enterprise storage where the data is stored not only in the user's computer, but also in virtualized of storage, which generally hosted by third parties company.
In cloud computing, the word cloud is used as a metaphor for “the internet”. So the cloud computing means “a type of internet-based computing”, where different services such as servers, storage and applications are delivered to an organization’s computers and devices through the internet.