is security or privacy the biggest problem with cloud computing?

In recent years, cloud computing, as one of the most popular words in the IT industry, has received attention from various industries. It not only provides great support for enterprise development, but also becomes one of the signs of information technology progress. However, the obstacles behind cloud computing cannot be overlooked, especially as security and privacy are the biggest obstacles to cloud computing.

The rapid development of cloud computing has brought more and more questions about its security and privacy to the surface. The author found that many people always confuse the security of cloud computing with privacy issues, in fact, there are certain differences between security and privacy, the author believes that this can be understood as a security issue of one of them. So some people ask whether the biggest problem with cloud computing is security or privacy.

When it comes to cloud computing, security can not be avoided, in fact, this is the current application of cloud computing the biggest problem encountered. While cloud computing services providers are trying to downplay or avoid this topic, as consumers, this is the key to their abandonment. At present, the commercial value of cloud computing is confirmed. At the same time, these "clouds" are also beginning to become the target of hackers or various malicious organizations attack. For example, the use of operating system or the application of Service protocol vulnerabilities in the vulnerability attacks, or to store in the "cloud" of the user's privacy information malicious attacks, theft, illegal use, and so on, a wide range of means. In fact, more serious security vulnerabilities are eroding the security defenses of cloud computing service providers and large Internet vendors.

From the above can be seen in fact, privacy is also part of the cloud of security issues, can be said that privacy is the most critical issue of security issues. Generally referred to by the enterprise or personal privacy is an important information, especially for enterprises, if the disclosure of privacy information will inevitably cause a fatal blow. But another security problem is the attack on the system, which can cause the system to be paralyzed, so that enterprises can not operate normally, the damage to the enterprise is not small. So it can be understood that security is the biggest problem in cloud computing, where security includes privacy security and other security of the system.

In fact, cloud computing security problem mainly refers to the "cloud" end of the use of data security. Many users want more data on the cloud, so they are less expensive and more convenient. But the more data is stored in the cloud, the more data is likely to be misused. Perhaps if only unimportant data, the enterprise to its concern is not so big, if it is confidential data, that is, corporate privacy, the information is stolen, the blow to the enterprise is very large, this is also a lot of companies have not yet dared to try cloud computing reasons.

In fact, the privacy problem has become a social problem, especially when the cloud is coming, privacy has become the focus of attention. In the cloud computing concept, the computer is no longer a stand-alone machine, but a node in the network. This kind of computing task to the global running server network, in providing a variety of convenient services, it is inevitable that the need to provide more detailed personal information in order to get better service. But on the other hand, more and more personal information is being made public, which makes people have no privacy, especially in the current government agencies and public service agencies are publishing more and more data containing personal information. So in the background of cloud computing, whether it is the privacy in the data release or the location privacy in the location service, the protection of the user's personal information appears especially important.

In addition to privacy security, the security of the system operation is also the cloud computing should focus on the issue. If an enterprise's system is attacked by hackers or other malicious organizations, which causes the system to be paralyzed and the enterprise can not operate normally for a certain period of time, the loss is not generally big for the enterprise. In particular, large enterprises may be a few minutes will cause a lot of impact, if it is a day, or even a few days can not be normal operation so the loss of a conceivable. Although manufacturers and companies are now aware of this, and in the efforts to study the hope to be able to solve the problem at an early date, but there is not a satisfactory solution.

The rapid pace of cloud computing is undeniable, and it is understood that more than 50% of companies are considering using cloud computing services, 12% of which value the cost-effectiveness of cloud computing services. Security issues, however, have become a major drag for these companies to choose cloud computing. "What do you think are the challenges and problems of the cloud computing model?" The results show that security is at the top of the 74.6% percentage point, and that security is the biggest concern for cloud computing. In fact, today's cloud computing service providers and large Internet manufacturers do not do enough security, most public cloud systems have security vulnerabilities, hackers can find and exploit these vulnerabilities. This could lead to privacy leaks and threats to the proper functioning of the system, so the future of cloud computing must solve such security problems, which means that security is still the biggest problem in cloud computing.