Cloud Computing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures: A State-of-the-Art

In this research paper we will look at what are various Cloud Computing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures. Several research papers (approx. 250) have been studied and a state-of-the-art has been provided.

Author Suryateja Satya Pericherla

Deptartment of Computer Science Engineering, Vishnu Institute of Technology, Kovvada, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22042/isecure.2022.312328.718

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Abstract of the Paper

Cloud computing created a revolution in the way IT organizations and IT teams manage their internal digital resources and workloads. One major drawback or limitation of cloud computing, among others, is security. Cloud computing is plagued by a plethora of threats and vulnerabilities, with new ones being identified from time to time.

Year-by-year, minor to significant security incidents are reported across the globe. To the best of knowledge, there is no research artifact in the recent past that covers the recent advancements in cloud computing security. To address this issue, this paper provides an analysis of the literature in the past few years related to cloud computing security.

Taxonomy related to cloud computing threats and vulnerabilities is provided by extending threats proposed by Cloud Security Alliance, which can educate cloud users and guide cloud providers to strengthen or audit their security policies and practices. Finally, state-of-the-art countermeasures and solutions to safeguard the cloud against different threats are also provided.

Keywords

Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Computing Threats, Cloud Security State-of-the-Art, Cloud Security Taxonomy, Cloud Security Countermeasures, Cloud Computing Latest Threats.

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Suryateja Pericherla

Suryateja Pericherla, at present is a Research Scholar (full-time Ph.D.) in the Dept. of Computer Science & Systems Engineering at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Previously worked as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of CSE at Vishnu Institute of Technology, India.

He has 11+ years of teaching experience and is an individual researcher whose research interests are Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Computer Security, Network Security and Blockchain.

He is a member of professional societies like IEEE, ACM, CSI and ISCA. He published several research papers which are indexed by SCIE, WoS, Scopus, Springer and others.