Security issues and countermeasures in cloud computing

As an emerging technology, cloud computing has attracted more attention. More and more enterprises or government agencies started to explore cloud computing. However, with the extensive use of cloud computing, security issues came out on a growing scale. It is necessary to solve these security issues to promote the wider applications of cloud computing. This paper mainly introduces the concept and technical characteristics of cloud computing, and analyzes the information security issues in its application. Besides, the paper summarizes some corresponding solutions.