Service Provider Cloud Security Challenges

When cloud service providers provide users with computing products, it is inevitable to involve the security environment, which is a challenge for service providers, whether it is cloud security or cloud computing security. Cloud computing security refers to how to protect the cloud computing environment itself, cloud security refers to how to use cloud computing technology to provide users with security services. Both of these two kinds of security must face the challenges of cloud computing era, decentralized client, open attacks and vulnerabilities. At the same time, it must also prove through time that users have the data on the cloud with security.

According to one survey, respondents rated the two major barriers to cloud services as having a 50% security of data or cloud infrastructure, and the effectiveness and availability (48%) of cloud services. While security is a major hurdle in the popularity of cloud computing, more and more companies believe that cloud services have reached the same level of performance and usability as traditional applications.

Japan Softbank Group Service Outsourcing Department To provide ICT (service software outsourcing) to Japanese companies in China, the "White Cloud Work Plan" created by the Softbank Group is being promoted to Japan in the form of cloud service and has already started to enter the Chinese market. Ms Midori Morooka, General Manager, Service Outsourcing Division, Softbank Group Information Systems Division, said the "Cloud Work Plan" uses virtualization and cloud computing models to give employees the same work environment anywhere, including within the company The system can also access and provision resources, and cloud-based security is the fundamental guarantee for this service.

Midori Morooka stressed that this service model, the client is very fragmented, you must use cloud technology for centralized management, thereby enhancing security. The "Baiyun Work Plan" has been tried out for nearly five years within the Softbank Group. Network management within the company is a key task for the normal operation of the company. After the "311" earthquake in Japan, the Softbank Group made extensive efforts on the network Continuous understanding of the more profound. In order to provide high continuity, IT departments provide 7X24 hours of business patterns to ensure cloud continuity and protection. Today, "Baiyun work plan" is being provided as an IT service to Chinese users.

For cloud computing service providers, security problems have troubled them. In March 2011, Google, the first cloud service provider, reported massive data breaches. About 150,000 Gmail users said all their mailboxes and chat history were deleted, while some users said their account was reset. In April 2011, the Amazon cloud data center was in a hurry with a massive downtime of its built-in server, citing the Amazon crashing its cloud computing center in northern Virginia. In May 2011, Microsoft's Office 365 email service was disrupted and many U.S. clients suffered a loss of rights. These are just a few of the many cloud security incidents and it's no surprise that half of the surveyed users think cloud is unsafe and the user's data leakage and loss problems are inevitable.

Therefore, service providers need more efforts in facing the challenges brought by cloud security. Data security is the responsibility shared by cloud service providers and data owners.

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