Measuring Data Security for a Cloud Computing Service

Cloud computing data security and privacy is always the area of concern for the cloud users and providers. The user identity, credentials and data privacy etc., are some of the issues for which user needs to assure about proper control by the provider. A tool to assess and select the cloud security based on the user demands is need in a cloud environment. Here a data security measurement tool is proposed that will be used to measure the cloud computing data security. Parameters for measuring the data security are identified and various cloud services are analyzed to measure the security against these parameters. Cloud Security Alliance report is also used to check the adequacy and accuracy of the cloud data security measure.