1. By Hajira Fatima Safa Mohammed Zaheer Abid Ali

2. Cloud computing is a result of evolving and adopting existing technologies. The goal of cloud computing is to allow its users to benefit with existing technologies irrespective of whether they are expert or not. Characteristics: Cost effective Robust Scalable Multitenant Abstraction Flexible

3. Potential Security Issues: Data Residency Data Loss Data Privacy Multi tenancy / Shared Technology Service and Traffic Hijacking

4. Potential Security Issues: Network Security Virtualisation Security Application Security Identity Management Denial of Service Nefarious use of Cloud Malicious Insiders

5. Potential Solutions: Perimeter Security Network Security Data Centre Security Platform and Application Security Encryption and Management Keys Data Security

6. Conclusion Good cloud mitigation strategies Risk control framework Regular auditing to make data transformation secure. More refined legislations and regulations Users must be aware about the policies and agreements before they signed.