Cloud security solutions using FPGA

Cloud computing allows accessibility and efficient use of the global data ware houses and IT resources to different clients based on their need on the software, platform or infrastructure layer. Irrespective of the different levels of cloud computing service and attributes - customers are withdrawn from its mass usage due to cloud computing security issues. Cloud computing security issues if resolved can jump start cloud computing as the de-facto solution towards computation. From individual consumer to large enterprises - a secure cloud computing infrastructure can serve all clients anywhere and everywhere. Within the body of this research a new strategy towards delivering cloud computing security using reconfigurable computing has been presented. Components of the cloud vendor and cloud client trust mechanisms have been extrapolated from software based solutions to the hardware. Using FPGAs four different types of solutions are being proposed to ensure user authentication and user data security. These four solutions are trusted cloud computing platform for ensuring computational trust, user enabled security groups for data collaboration, data security and verifiable attestation. All four of these solutions implemented together can allow trusted computing that allows collaboration while keeping data secure within a computation environment that is continuously being attested for security measures.