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Volume 4 | Issue 5 | Year 2013 | Article Id. IJCTT-V4I5P102 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V4I5P102

Towards Achieving Secured and Decentralized Accountability in Cloud Computing

Drishya S G , Kavitha Murugeshan

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Drishya S G , Kavitha Murugeshan, "Towards Achieving Secured and Decentralized Accountability in Cloud Computing," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1502-1507, 2013. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V4I5P102

Abstract

Cloud computing is an internet-based service where you can acquire networked storage space and computer resources as per your demand. An underlined feature in cloud computing is that users’ data are usually processed in a remote computer which they cannot access. This creates a fear of losing data in users which is a major obstacle in wide range use of cloud services. To attend to this problem, we propose an object oriented concept to protect a user data in a cloud network and also after delivery of a data to a client. Here we also provide security to cloud users by rendering JAR authentication.

Keywords

Cloud Computing, JAR(Java Archive), Java Running Environment, Accountability, cloud Service Provider.

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