2017/10/23 by Obinna Ethelbert, Ethelbert, Obinna, Faraz Fatemi Moghaddam +5 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Access Control and Trust #Cloud Computing and Resource Management #Cloud Data Security Solutions #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #Distributed #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Parallel #Performance (cs.PF) #Software Engineering (cs.SE) #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1710.08281
openalex publication_date 2017/10/23 · openalex created_date 2022/10/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Cloud computing is significantly reshaping the computing industry built\naround core concepts such as virtualization, processing power, connectivity and\nelasticity to store and share IT resources via a broad network. It has emerged\nas the key technology that unleashes the potency of Big Data, Internet of\nThings, Mobile and Web Applications, and other related technologies, but it\nalso comes with its challenges - such as governance, security, and privacy.\nThis paper is focused on the security and privacy challenges of cloud computing\nwith specific reference to user authentication and access management for cloud\nSaaS applications. The suggested model uses a framework that harnesses the\nstateless and secure nature of JWT for client authentication and session\nmanagement. Furthermore, authorized access to protected cloud SaaS resources\nhave been efficiently managed. Accordingly, a Policy Match Gate (PMG) component\nand a Policy Activity Monitor (PAM) component have been introduced. In\naddition, other subcomponents such as a Policy Validation Unit (PVU) and a\nPolicy Proxy DB (PPDB) have also been established for optimized service\ndelivery. A theoretical analysis of the proposed model portrays a system that\nis secure, lightweight and highly scalable for improved cloud resource security\nand management.\n