An efficient auditing scheme for data storage security in cloud
Jayashree V. Agarkhed, Ashalatha Ramegowda · 2017
Cloud computing provides tremendous data storage and computing capabilities to its users. Large amount of people can store various data onto the cloud without any hesitation or limitations. Additional security requires a secure cloud storage system with independent efficient auditing service to check the correctness of outsourced data. Enormous users keep sending the data over Internet and they are made stored in cloud data centers remotely. The data files can be accessed by unauthorized users or hackers in the unsecured cloud network. This leads in leaking of confidential data or data loss during the transmission over the network. Hence securing the cloud plays a very important role in cloud environment. The data transfer over wireless network across the globe has to be protected safely from unauthorized usage over the cloud. The data files and the remote data centers have to be given extra security as well as maintenance capabilities from hackers or third party intruders. In this regard, data auditing along with privacy preserving, integrity and dynamic capabilities plays as a proficient method for preventing from various cloud attacks which is considered in this work. In this work, efficient auditor plays a crucial role in securing the cloud environment.