Enhanced Security in Cloud Computing Environment using Intrusion Detection System

Abstract

Cloud Computing is essentially one of the most prominent and on demand technological aspect that IT offers today. It attempts to provide services to users on a leased basis which the user can get upon request. With its various service models, Cloud computing promises to cut the operational and capital costs for the service providers on one hand, and for the users by providing the opportunity to access services according to their needs on the other hand. However, despite the surge in activity and interest, there are significant, persistent security concerns about cloud computing that are impeding momentum and will eventually compromise the vision of cloud computing as a new IT procurement model. Cloud computing offers has many advantages, but is also vulnerable to threats. With the increasing demand of cloud computing, it is highly likely that more criminals will try to find new ways to exploit vulnerabilities in the system. There are many underlying challenges and risks in cloud computing that increase the threat of data being compromised. Intrusion detection systems (IDS) are a technology to handle one of the many security challenges faced by the cloud services. IDS can help in detecting intrusive activities, helping the network manager in taking appropriate actions to mitigate the problems.