Managing Data Protection and Privacy on Cloud

Abstract

When pandemic rose in 2020, people were fighting against COVID-19 virus and organizations had accelerated their digitization and cloud adoption rapidly (De et al. in Int J Inf Manag 55:102171, 2020 [1]) to meet the online based business during the lockdown. This chaos helped fraudsters and attackers taking advantage of the momentary lack of security controls and oversight. Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI) Internet Crime Compliant Center (IC3) 2020 reported highest number of complaints in 2020 (791 k + ) compared to prior five years (298 k + in 2016), with peak losses reported ($4.2 Billion in 2020 compared to $1.5 Billion in 2016) (Internet Crime Complaint Center in Internet crime report. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., 2020 [2]). Majority of these incidents were connected to financial fraud, identity fraud, and phishing for personally identifiable information (PII). Considering the severity and impact of personal data exposure over cloud and hybrid environment, this paper provides a brief overview of prior research and discuss technical solutions to protect data across heterogeneous environments and ensure privacy regulations.