Dear Colleagues,

Cloud computing security or, more generally, cloud security refers to a wide set of management, technical, and physical policies, knowledge, technology, applications, and controls used to protect virtualized IP, applications, data, services, and the connected infrastructure of cloud computing. Cloud computing is part of cybersecurity, computer security, network security, and, on a wider scale, information security.

Risk assessment and risk management with cloud computing has been a difficult subject because the end-user has no control over the service provider. The service provider must offer the right service for their business. A loss of data can be incredibly costly to a business and, in some cases, even lead to closure.

With this technology, end-users can either rely only on the service provider or take control to avoid loss of security and loss of customers’ data.

The most important question in this context is what happens if the service provider is compromised. A prime example of this is using cloud-based tax preparation, which could be the subject of data loss (IRS released in Federal Tax Law Topics/Federal Tax Related Matters (Tax Security 20 A Tax Pros Security Checklist) May 21, 2020 webinar). This case provides proof that the end-user of a cloud service must have control (as an extra level of security) to avoid loss of security and loss of customers’ data.

Prof. Dr. Wasim AlHamdani
Guest Editor

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• Cloud Computing
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