Security issues and challenges using cloud computing

At the end of the first decade of 21st century, the IT world witnessed a boom of a new technology called cloud computing and leading companies in IT industry have tried to use this technology in their customer service processes so that the best of these companies today, use cloud computing as a key competitive advantage against theirrival companies. Despite very important challenges, this relatively new technology is developing rapidly. At the beginning of its development, many researchers have thought that cloud computing will soon be widespread but recent studies suggest that security is the biggest barrier against the spread of this technology. This study tries to review the security challenges of this technology to a certain extent, and why the security issues have caused a low reception of this technology among users and IT managers. First, we give you an introduction and a definition of cloud computing, then we express the advantages and benefits of using this technology and also its security disadvantages and problems and finally, a security analysis is represented for it.

Keywords:

Cloud computing , security , security in cloud computing