Abstract:
Cloud computing is a set of IT services that are provided to a customer over a network on a
leased basis and with the ability to scale up or down their service requirements. Usually, cloud
computing services are delivered by a third-party provider who owns the infrastructure. Its
advantages to mention but a few include scalability, resilience, flexibility, efficiency and
outsourcing non-core activities. Cloud computing offers an innovative business model for
organizations to adopt IT services without upfront investment. Despite the potential gains
achieved from cloud computing, the organizations are slow in accepting it due to security
issues and challenges associated with it. Security is one of the major issues which hamper the
growth of the cloud. The idea of handing over important data to another company is worrisome; such
That the consumers need to be vigilant in understanding the risks of data breaches in this new
environment. This paper introduces a detailed analysis of the cloud computing security issues
and challenges focusing on the cloud computing types and the service delivery types.
