Adopting information security techniques for cloud computing—A survey

Cloud Computing is widely used technique for data storage on-demand but involves risk such as data security, privacy protection, access-control and data confidentiality. Present study is a survey of the popularly used encryption techniques that is helpful to secure sensitive information on cloud. A discussion of the fundamental challenges and issues/characteristics of cloud computing has been done. Identification of security and privacy issues within this framework are highlighted. Study of the widely used encryption techniques helpful in securing sensitive information on cloud is debated. Scope has been set for academicians and researchers. Diverse versions of the encryption techniques surveyed and analyzed to identify optimization features for cloud security.