Title :
A security and usability perspective of cloud file systems
Author :
Nelson, Alex J. ; Dinolt, George W. ; Michael, James B. ; Shing, Man-Tak
Author_Institution :
Storage Syst. Res. Center, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Abstract :
Security and usability are the top concerns of business users and administrators of information technology services. This paper discusses several security and usability issues with cloud file systems, identifies four enablers for a secure and usable cloud storage infrastructure, and describes how such enablers can assist in an orderly transition of enterprise IT services to the cloud.
Keywords :
cloud computing; information technology; security of data; IT services; business administrators; business users; cloud file systems; cloud storage infrastructure; information technology services; security perspective; usability perspective; Access control; Cloud computing; Electronic mail; File systems; US Department of Defense; Cloud computing; cloud infrastructure; composition; document sharing; mass storage; object and content management; security policy; trust; usability;
Conference_Titel :
System of Systems Engineering (SoSE), 2011 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-783-2
DOI :
10.1109/SYSOSE.2011.5966591
