Abstract
SecureCloud is a comprehensive security framework for cloud computing environments consisting of different modules that handle the security and trust issues of key components. One of the modules is responsible for authentication and identity management (IDM). In SecureCloud, the author suggest, to implement the security solution for the Authentication and IDM module, it is important to ensure IDM services in the cloud can be integrated with the existing IDM framework. Existing techniques for use of pseudonyms and accommodating multiple identities to protect users’ privacy can help build a desired usercentric federated IDM for clouds. Motivated by attempting to find a solution from the suggestion, this paper proposes the integration of SWIFT identity management framework into the module using the existing trust relationships in SecureCloud to enhance the security of the SecureCloud framework. SWIFT provides a set of advanced security features such as identity aggregation, privacy protection, advanced access control and single sign-on (SSO) to help enhance the security of IDM module in SecureCloud.
Highlights
Research in cloud computing has recently gained tremendous momentum in both the academic and industrial communities
Cloud computing has grown in existing computing technologies through modules such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) and each of these services has its own security issues
There are many advantages to using a cloud-based system, practical problems remain that have to be solved before the technology can be more fully deployed, those problems related to servicelevel agreements, security, privacy, and power efficiency
Summary
Research in cloud computing has recently gained tremendous momentum in both the academic and industrial communities. Security issues are delaying its immediate adoption, cloud computing appears to be an unstoppable development, and we should attempt to provide reliable mechanisms for its secure adoption. Most cloud computing research focuses on security issues [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and attempts to provide a vision and roadmap for the direction of future research. With the exception of CloudSim [7] and well-known cloud computing infrastructures such as Microsoft Azure [8], Amazon EC2, Google App. Engine, and Aneka [9], there are few frameworks being developed to enable secure adoption in a cloud environment. Hassan, James and Gail-Joon Ahn [10] collaborated to develop a comprehensive security framework for the cloud computing environment called SecureCloud. Motivated by attempting to find a solution, we will describe one of the most important modules, Authentication and Identity Management, in detail, and propose a solution to enhance the security of this framework
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