Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing: The Challenges and Solutions for Securing Data and Applications in Cloud Environments

Abstract

This paper aims at understanding the crucial relationship between cybersecurity and cloud computing strategy mainly on the consideration of the challenges and the possible measures towards securing the data and application in cloud strategy. This explains the fact that as businesses continue to transfer their activities to the cloud, security becomes an important issue. In this work, some of the areas that are considered are data security, application security, network security and identity management concerning cloud. It also covers new technologies and forthcoming areas that are defining the prospects of cloud cybersecurity. Thus, based on the review of the recent literature and the main approaches used in the field of cloud security, the goal of this paper is to present the findings that can be helpful for researchers, practitioners and decision-makers.