A general trust management framework for provider selection in cloud environment

Abstract

Trust has been a predominant issue in adopting cloud service among consumers. It has been a critical concern for business application and sensitive information. In a previous work [1], we proposed a trust computing model for Cloud Computing which we validated by simulation with well-known trust model. This paper proposes a framework for trust management in Cloud Computing environment, based on the proposed computing model. It describes the implementation of the general trust framework. The proposed framework identifies the metrics of performance to select the most suitable provider for performing service transaction and integrate it into trust rating process while filtering biased opinions.