Mutual auditing framework for service level security auditing in cloud

Cloud computing technology is gaining rapid growth in popularity. Mostly it is web based service and some private modules are built on intranet or virtual private network. Network security is a major concern for both cloud users and hosts of data centers. In addition to this, clients are also concerned about the infrastructure and service quality offered by cloud service providers. Cloud service providers equally need to monitor clients' activities and applications running in the client terminals. This paper presents a mutual auditing framework in client-server mode. This interactive framework will keep track of different service modules from both end and will establish a mutual agreement of trust. Proposed framework has been tested on CloudSim and Xen hypervisor under different scale, scope and complexity. Experimental results show effectiveness and efficacy of the framework.