Cloud Computing Concepts, Securities issues, and its techniques

Abstract: “Cloud” computing – a relatively recent term, provides virtualization, distributed computing, utility computing, and more recently networking, web and software services. It defines the paths ahead in computer science world. Cloud facilitates its users by providing virtual resources via internet and helps to increases its capacity or add capabilities to create new infrastructure .It extends Information Technology’s (IT) existing capabilities. In the last few years, cloud computing becomes the fast growing segments of the IT industry. But many organization and individuals companies are placed in the cloud, concerns are beginning to grow about just how safe an environment it is. Security is one of the major issues which reduces the growth of cloud computing Users of cloud save their data in the cloud hence the lack of security in cloud can lose the user’s trust .This paper discusses the concept of “cloud” computing, its securities issues its technology it tries to address, challenges and possible applications. This paper is not only a clear picture of what the cloud does extremely well and a brief overview of them, but also describes their benefits. criteria and challenges ahead of them. Cloud computing is another name for Internet computing

Keywords: Cloud Computing , Internet, cloud technology, cloud security, security threats.