Dynamic security in cloud computing based on fuzzy cognitive maps

Abstract

Cloud Computing is a new paradigm that provides software and hardware resources based on customers’ needs. However, data security remains a significant concern, acting as a major barrier to its widespread adoption. The objective of this work is to propose a process for assessing data risks in Cloud Computing. The process is based on fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) for qualitative reasoning. Risk assessment is a crucial aspect of Cloud Computing. Our proposed system involves three main steps based on expert knowledge. In the first step, a global FCM was built and validated to identify threats at the Cloud Computing level. Then the second step was devoted to calculate the consequences by inference using FCM Expert. The obtained results show that the FCM has a remarkable capacity to deal with the uncertainty of the data; by doing so, it becomes possible to model the real system more accurately. The last step is to simulate, analyze the results of the second step in Matlab Simulink and also develop recommendations to reduce the risks in order to improve and increase the security of Cloud data.