A Framework for Improving Information Security Using Cloud Computing

The main objective of this paper is to propose a cloud based framework handling security issues in the existing data storage systems. There are various cyber security threats to existing storage systems because of their traditional architecture and operations applied on them for managing the data within Bahrain. Migration of local storage services to cloud environment is found to solve numerous related cyber security issues within Bahrain. On the other hand, a number of cyber security vulnerabilities are found to be emerged as a result of this migration such as public networks exposure and multitenant shared infrastructure. The vulnerabilities due to this transition introduce the security breaches and hence cause a threat to the underlying confidential information. The significance of migrating storage services to the cloud environment and the emerging cyber security issues in such a transition are analyzed thoroughly. The proposed framework is intended to support the existing information systems security schemes. It also provides the cyber security professionals with the ability to design, and customize cloud services that better suits the needs of organizations