Handbook of research on security considerations in cloud computing

434 Pages·2015·14.863 MB·English

by  Munir, Kashif

Handbook of Research on
Security Considerations in
Cloud Computing
Kashif Munir
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Mubarak S. Al-Mutairi
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Lawan A. Mohammed
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
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Handbook of research on security considerations in cloud computing / Kashif Munir, Mubarak S. Al-Mutairi, and Lawan A.
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Editorial Advisory Board
AbhikChaudhuri,Associate Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, India
AbhishekMajumder,Tripura University, India
AliImamAbidi,Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
AndreaAtzeni,Politecnico di Torino, Italy
AndreaSiringo,Politecnico di Torino, Italy
AyoubAitLahcen,LGS, (ENSA), Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
ChinaYiChai,College of Automations, Chongqing, China
DeepanwitaDatta,Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
Fatima-ZahraBenjelloun,(ENSA), Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
GauravSingh,Bhopal, India
GebeyehuBelayGebremeskel,College of Automations, Chongqing, China
JoeWoodside,Stetson University, USA
KashifMunir,King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
KirtiRajBhatele,Bhopal, India
LawanAhmadMohammad,King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
MahendraKumarAhirwar,Bhopal, India
MarwanOmar,Nawroz University, Iraq
AyoubAitLahcen,Mohammed V, LRIT, University Agdal, Morocco
MubarakA-Mutairi,King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
PaoloSmiraglia,Politecnico di Torino, Italy
PiyushKumarShukla,Bhopal, India
QurbanAMemon,UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE
R.S.Singh,Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
RajanpreetKaurChahal,Panjab University, India
SanjayKumarSingh,Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
SantoshKumar,Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
SarbjeetSingh,Panjab University, India
SatarupaBiswas,Tripura University, India
SellapanPalaniappan,Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Malaysia
SubhashChandraPatel,Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India
SudiptaRoy,Assam University, India
WasimAhmadBhat,University of Kashmir
ZhongshiHe,College of Computer Science, Chongqing, China

List of Contributors
Abidi, Ali Imam/Indian Institute of Technology, India.....................................................................39
Ahirwar, Mahendra Kumar/University Institute of Technology-RGPV, India..............................232
Atzeni, Andrea /Politecnico di Torino, Italy.....................................................................................258
Benjelloun, Fatima-Zahra /Ibn Tofail University, Morocco............................................................301
Bhat, Wasim Ahmad/University of Kashmir, India........................................................................345
Bhatele, Kirti Raj/University Institute of Technology RGPV, India................................................184
Biswas, Satarupa /Tripura University, India....................................................................................212
Chahal, Rajanpreet Kaur/Panjab University, India.......................................................................127
Chaudhuri, Abhik /Tata Consultancy Services, India.......................................................................80
Dixit, Madhuvan /Millennium Institute of Technology, India..........................................................326
Jaiswal, Sumit /Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India..............................................................1
Kumar, Santosh /Indian Institute of Technology, India.....................................................................39
Lahcen, Ayoub Ait/Ibn Tofail University, Morocco........................................................................301
Majumder, Abhishek /Tripura University, India.............................................................................212
Memon, Qurban A/UAE University, UAE......................................................................................102
Mohammed, Lawan A./King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia......285,314
Munir, Kashif /Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Malaysia........................65,285,314
Omar, Marwan /Nawroz University, Iraq..........................................................................................30
Palaniappan, Sellapan /Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Malaysia.........................65
Patel, Subhash Chandra/Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India..............................................1
Roy, Sudipta /Assam University, India.............................................................................................212
Shukla, Piyush Kumar/University Institute of Technology RGPV, India..................184,232,326,358
Singh, Gaurav /Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, India...........................................358
Singh, R.S. /Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India....................................................................1
Singh, Sanjay Kumar/Indian Institute of Technology, India............................................................39
Singh, Sarbjeet /Panjab University, India........................................................................................127
Siringo, Andrea /Former Student at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.....................................................258
Smiraglia, Paolo /Politecnico di Torino, Italy..................................................................................258
Woodside, Joseph M./Stetson University, USA...............................................................................173


Table of Contents
Foreword..............................................................................................................................................xv
Preface.................................................................................................................................................xvi
Acknowledgment..............................................................................................................................xxiii
Chapter 1
SecurityIssuesinCloudComputing......................................................................................................1
Subhash Chandra Patel, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India
R.S. Singh, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India
Sumit Jaiswal, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India
Chapter 2
CloudComputingSecurity:AbuseandNefariousUseofCloudComputing......................................30
Marwan Omar, Nawroz University, Iraq
Chapter 3
CloudSecurityUsingEarBiometrics...................................................................................................39
Santosh Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Ali Imam Abidi, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Chapter 4
SecureArchitectureforCloudEnvironment.........................................................................................65
Kashif Munir, Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Malaysia
Sellapan Palaniappan, Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Malaysia
Chapter 5
GovernanceandRiskManagementintheCloudwithCloudControlsMatrixV3andISO/IEC
38500:2008...........................................................................................................................................80
Abhik Chaudhuri, Tata Consultancy Services, India
Chapter 6
AuthenticationandErrorResilienceinImagesTransmittedthroughOpenEnvironment.................102
Qurban A Memon, UAE University, UAE


Chapter 7
TrustCalculationUsingFuzzyLogicinCloudComputing...............................................................127
Rajanpreet Kaur Chahal, Panjab University, India
Sarbjeet Singh, Panjab University, India
Chapter 8
AdvancesinInformation,Security,Privacy&Ethics:UseofCloudComputingForEducation......173
Joseph M. Woodside, Stetson University, USA
Chapter 9
NetworkedMultimediaCommunicationSystems..............................................................................184
Piyush Kumar Shukla, University Institute of Technology RGPV, India
Kirti Raj Bhatele, University Institute of Technology RGPV, India
Chapter 10
DataSecurityIssuesandSolutionsinCloudComputing...................................................................212
Abhishek Majumder, Tripura University, India
Sudipta Roy, Assam University, India
Satarupa Biswas, Tripura University, India
Chapter 11
ImprovingPrivacyandSecurityinMulticloudArchitectures............................................................232
Piyush Kumar Shukla, University Institute of Technology RGPV, India
Mahendra Kumar Ahirwar, University Institute of Technology-RGPV, India
Chapter 12
HardCluesinSoftEnvironments:TheCloud’sInfluenceonDigitalForensics................................258
Andrea Atzeni, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Paolo Smiraglia, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Andrea Siringo, Former Student at Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Chapter 13
SecurityChallengesforCloudComputingDevelopmentFrameworkinSaudiArabia.....................285
Lawan A. Mohammed, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Kashif Munir, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Chapter 14
BigDataSecurity:Challenges,RecommendationsandSolutions.....................................................301
Fatima-Zahra Benjelloun, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
Ayoub Ait Lahcen, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
Chapter 15
AccessControlFrameworkforCloudComputing..............................................................................314
Kashif Munir, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Lawan A. Mohammed, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Chapter 16
BigData:AnEmergingFieldofDataEngineering............................................................................326
Piyush Kumar Shukla, University Institute of Technology RGPV, India
Madhuvan Dixit, Millennium Institute of Technology, India
Chapter 17
AchievingEfficientPurginginTransparentper-fileSecureWipingExtensions................................345
Wasim Ahmad Bhat, University of Kashmir, India
Chapter 18
Reliability,FaultTolerance,andQuality-of-ServiceinCloudComputing:Analysing
Characteristics.....................................................................................................................................358
Piyush Kumar Shukla, University Institute of Technology RGPV, India
Gaurav Singh, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, India
Compilation of References...............................................................................................................371
About the Contributors....................................................................................................................400
Index...................................................................................................................................................406