A risk management framework for cloud computing

Although cloud computing has the advantages of cost-saving, efficiency and scalability, it also brings about many security issues. Because almost all software, hardware, and application data are deployed and stored in the cloud platforms, there is often the distrust between users and cloud suppliers. To resolve the problem, this paper proposes a risk management framework on the basis of the previous work. The framework consists of five components: user requirement self-assessment, cloud service providers desktop assessment, risk assessment, third-party agencies review, and continuous monitoring. By means of the framework, the cloud service suppliers can better understand the user's requirements, and the trust between the users and the suppliers is more easily acquired.