Enhancing Security Concerns in Cloud Computing Virtual Machines :( Case Study on Central Bank of Sudan)
Samah Sabir, Mehmood Hassan, Shadi M S Hilles · 2014
This research clearly illustrates the importance of risk management and security awareness, especially with the lack of proper protection which makes detecting and preventing the leakage of information even harder. The study used a review of literature on the risks of virtualization, interviews and questionnaires with thirty three virtualization experts in Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) and other organizations were used to create an overview of the most worrying risks. The results indicated that data management, external attacks, security training and awareness are the top three of the most worrisome risks of CBOS. These risks were discussed in detail along with the approaches taken to reduce these risks. Also a test in a similar environment was conducted in order to determine whether the approaches chosen actually reduced the risk or not. This study will be of great benefit to all organizations in Sudan and to CBOS in particular.