Alhanahnah, Mohannad J., Jhumka, Arshad and Alouneh, Sahel (2016) A multi-dimension taxonomy of insider threats in cloud computing. The Computer Journal, 59 (11). pp. 1612-1622. doi:10.1093/comjnl/bxw020

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Abstract

Security is considered a significant deficiency in cloud computing, and insider threats problem exacerbate security concerns in the cloud. In addition to that, cloud computing is very complex by itself, because it encompasses numerous technologies and concepts. Apparently, overcoming these challenges requires substantial efforts from information security researchers to develop powerful mitigation solutions for this emerging problem. This entails developing a taxonomy of insider threats in cloud environments encompassing all potential abnormal activities in the cloud, and can be useful for conducting security assessment. This paper describes the first phase of an ongoing research to develop a framework for mitigating insider threats in cloud computing environments. Primarily, it presents a multidimensional taxonomy of insider threats in cloud computing, and demonstrates its viability. The taxonomy provides a fundamental understanding for this complicated problem by identifying five dimensions, it also supports security engineers in identifying hidden paths, thus determining proper countermeasures, and presents a guidance covers all bounders of insiders threats issue in clouds, hence it facilitates researchers’ endeavours in tackling this problem. For instance, according to the hierarchical taxonomy, clearly many significant issues exist in public cloud, while conventional insider mitigation solutions can be used in private clouds. Finally, the taxonomy assists in identifying future research directions in this emerging area.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Cloud computing -- Security measures -- Classification, Computer security
Journal or Publication Title:	The Computer Journal
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0010-4620
Official Date:	3 November 2016
Dates:	Date Event 3 November 2016 Published 17 June 2016 Available 16 March 2016 Accepted 9 September 2016 Submitted
Volume:	59
Number:	11
Page Range:	pp. 1612-1622
DOI:	10.1093/comjnl/bxw020
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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