This is due to the outsourcing of enterprise it assets hosted on thirdparty cloud computing platforms. Furthermore, virtualization paradigm in cloud computing results in several security concerns. Cloud computing information assurance framework enisa. To create a cohesive hybrid multicloud security program, your enterprise needs to integrate the most complementary cloud native controls and any new solutions. Cloud security is a set of controlbased safeguards and technology protection designed to protect resources stored online from leakage, theft, or data loss. Our framework is based on improving collaboration between cloud providers, service providers and service consumers in managing the security of the cloud platform and the hosted services. Collaborationbased cloud computing security management. Pdf collaborationbased cloud computing security management. We introduce a new cloud security management framework based on aligning the fisma standard to fit with the cloud computing model, enabling cloud providers and consumers to be security certified. A security checklist for cloud models key security issues can vary depending on the cloud model youre using.
Proceedings of the ieee 4th international conference on cloud computing 2011, ieee, piscataway, n. The idea of a central or local government leveraging the cloud computing. Research community and industry have developed a number of important and useful cloud computing testbeds, such. As tightly intertwined as are electricity and computing, integrated service management and cloud computing are now a matched pair. A risk management framework for cloud computing abstract. Framework and security issues, abstract a proposed proxybased multicloud computing framework allows dynamic, onthefly collaborations and resource sharing among cloud based services, addressing trust, policy, and privacy issues without preestablished collaboration agreements or. Dhs continues to maintain and evolve its ability to defend federal civilian agencies from threats in cyberspace. Analysis of the security and privacy requirements of cloud. Performing a security assessment of the cloud using the risk management framework.
Although cloud computing has the advantages of costsaving, efficiency and scalability, it also brings about many security issues. Fedramp is a governmentwide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud. Our framework is based on improving collaboration between cloud providers, service providers and service consumers in managing the security of the cloud. Iso 27017 suggests seven new controls, and the numeration of these controls is compatible with the existing structure of iso 27001iso 27002.
When using a casb, your security management can consist of the following primary tasks. Simply put, instead of accessing data and programs from your computers hard drive, you do it over the internet. One of the most important recommendations in the enisas cloud computing risk assessment report is the information assurance framework, a set of assurance criteria designed to assess the risk of adopting cloud services, compare different cloud provider offers, obtain assurance from the selected cloud providers, reduce the assurance burden on cloud providers. Collaboration in multicloud computing environments.
Welcome to the fourth version of the cloud security alliances security guidance for critical areas of focus in cloud computing. With this document, we aim to provide both guidance and. Management framework crmf for securing a cloud based service. It is built on top of a number of security standards that assist in automating the security management process. This is due to the outsourcing of enterprise it assets hosted on thirdparty cloud computing. Although the cloud computing model is considered to be a very promising internetbased computing platform, it results in a loss of security control over the cloud hosted assets. The nist cloud computing security reference architecture provides a case study that walks readers through steps an agency follows using the cloud adapted risk management framework while deploying a typical application to the cloud migrating existing email, calendar and documentsharing systems as a unified, cloud based messaging system. Implementation, management, and security provides an understanding of what cloud computing really means, explores how disruptive it may become in the future, and examines its advantages and disadvantages. Amazon web services itil event management in the cloud page 2 what is the aws cloud adoption framework. The most common way to manage data security and user access in cloud computing is through the use of a cloud access security broker casb.
The cloud computing paradigm offers ehealth systems the opportunity to enhance the features and functionality that they offer. This technology allows you to see all your cloud applications in use and to apply security policy across them. Information security risk management framework for the. It is relatively easy for untrained public cloud users to expose their organization to significant direct risks such as financial loss or indirect risks such as loss. It gives business executives the knowledge necessary to make informed, educated decisions regarding cloud initiatives. This work has been done in collaboration with cloud security alliance and technical. Collaborationbased cloud computing security management framework. The rise of cloud computing as an everevolving technology brings with it a number of opportunities and challenges. A risk management framework for cloud computing ieee. Nist publishes draft cloud computing security document for. Cloud computing is the delivery of computing resources such as databases, storage, servers, networking, analytics, software, and more from applications to data centers over the internet. For example, the network that interconnects the systems in a cloud has to be secure. Cloudbased computing also introduces new security concerns that affect.
However, moving patients medical information to the cloud implies several risks in terms of the security and privacy of sensitive health records. A secure cloud computing based framework for big data. An analysis of security issues for cloud computing. With the advances in enterprise communication and web technologies, cloud computing has become an important tool in computer system design. A policybased management framework for cloud computing security by olubisi atinuke runsewe thesis submitted to the faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in electronic business technologies university of ottawa ottawa, ontario. The cloud adoption framework caf offers comprehensive guidelines for establishing, developing, and running cloud based it capabilities. Cloud computing enhances collaboration, agility, scale, availability and provides the. Moreover, the lack of security constraints in the service level agreements between the cloud providers and.
Protection encompasses cloud infrastructure, applications, and data from threats. Security issues for cloud computing university of texas. Risk management framework in cloud computing security in. Finally, in section 5 we give our concluding remarks and future work. The permanent and official location for cloud security. Cloud computing is fast growing and a majority of organization will use some form of cloud computing in the near future 1. Related work many researchers have conducted work related to the security and privacy problem in cloud computing 6, 22, 3943, 55, 5964. However, such standards are still far from covering the full complexity of the cloud computing model. Iorga was principal editor for this document with assistance in editing and formatting from wald, technical writer, hannah booz allen hamilton, inc.
We evaluated the approach by securing the erp service assuming that the cloud platform has multiple tenants sharing the same cloud application. Collaborationbased cloud computing security management framework abstract. Collaborationbased cloud computing security management framework abdelrazek, mohamed, grundy, john and ibrahim, amani s. Introduction to security in a cloud enabled world the security of your microsoft cloud services is a partnership between you and microsoft. Assessing your cloud readiness capability and understanding cloud security. A context establishment framework for cloud computing information security risk management based on the stope view 1subbarao gogulamudi, 2parvathaneni rajendra kumar, 3samparthi v. Pdf a framework of network and security management. Do we need to have a new it security risk management framework for managing it security risks at. We discuss lessons ibm has learned on how to weave them together to achieve optimal. A proposed proxybased multicloud computing framework allows dynamic, on thefly. Ccaf multilayered security is based on the development and integration of three major security technologies. Nist sp 800144, guidelines on security and privacy in public.
In section 4, we propose our generic security model for cloud computing. According to the same survey from cloud security alliance, the top barrier to stopping data loss in the cloud is a lack of skilled security professionals. Guide for applying the risk management framework to federal information systems. This make cloud computing critical as millions of users could be affected e. Collaboration between the cloud consumer and provider in recognizing and. This article presents a cloud computing adoption framework ccaf security suitable for business clouds. A context establishment framework for cloud computing.
However, cloud computing presents an added level of risk because essential services are often outsourced to a third party, which makes it harder to maintain data security and privacy, support data and service availability, and demonstrate compliance. Introduction although the benefits of cloud computing are clear, so is the need to develop proper security for cloud implementations. This is due to the outsourcing of enterprise it assets hosted. Practical guide to cloud governance object management group. Cloud computing is a flexible, costeffective, and proven delivery platform for providing business or consumer it services over the internet.
Management framework crmf for securing a cloudbased service. Cloud security solutions secure hybrid and multicloud ibm. Performing a security assessment of the cloud using the. Koti mani kumar 1department of computer science and. Security and security and privacy issues in cloud computing. Abstract although the cloud computing model is considered to be a very promising internetbased computing platform, it results in a loss of security control over the cloud hosted assets.
In addition to the usual challenges of developing secure it systems, cloud computing presents an added level of risk because essential services are often. Aws uses the caf to help enterprises modernize their itsm practices so that they can take. Keys to success enterprise organizations benefit from taking a methodical approach to cloud security. In 6 the authors proposed a generic security management framework allowing providers of cloud data. A proposed proxybased multicloud computing framework allows dynamic, onthefly. Nist cloud computing security reference architecture. Because almost all software, hardware, and application data are deployed and stored in the cloud platforms, there is often the distrust between users and. The egi delivered a hybrid federated cloud 32 as a collaboration of communities developing. This document describes a general security assessment framework saf for the federal risk and authorization management program fedramp. Therefore, security issues for many of these systems and technologies are applicable to cloud computing.