Story - Cloud Security and Trust

Trust is critical in any supplier relationship. It is a particular issue when the organisational information, which will be a key asset for its survival, is located on servers outside the organisation and handled by an external organisation. We must be able to trust not only the technology being provided but the integrity and security of the cloud service provider. This requires an understanding of the issues that may erode trust and strategies for growing and maintaining trust.

Tasks

Question 1. What is trust? Explain what is meant by trust and how it applies in a cloud computing environment. What are the issues concerning trust in cloud computing? Can we model trust and program trust mechanisms into the cloud computing environment? Provide some guidelines for improving trust in cloud computing.

Question 2. What are the main security issues with cloud computing? What are the concerns for large organisations? What processes, techniques, tools can businesses use to maintain the security of their organisational data?