Maintaining Security of the Data Over Cloud: A Review

Abstract

Recently, cloud computing is the fastest growing technology in the IT field. Cloud computing provides us a means by which we can access the applications as utilities, over the Internet. It allows us to create, configure, and customize applications online. The term cloud refers to a network or internet. In other words, we can say that cloud is something, which is present at remote location. Cloud can provide services over the network, i.e., on public networks or on private networks, e.g. WAN, LAN or VPN. Applications such as e-mail, web conferencing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and all run in cloud. Cloud computing refers to manipulating, configuring, and accessing the applications online. It offers online data storages, infrastructures and applications. To maintain the security of the data over cloud is studied in the present work.