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Simulation of Cloud Data Security Processes and Performance

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Global Security, Safety and Sustainability: Tomorrow's Challenges of Cyber Security (ICGS3 2015)

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In the world of cloud computing, millions of people are using cloud computing for the purpose of business, education and socialization. Examples of cloud applications are: Google Drive for storage, Facebook for social networks, etc. Cloud users use the cloud computing infrastructure thinking that these services are easy and safe to use. However, there are security and performance issues to be addressed. This paper discusses how cloud users and cloud providers address performance and security issues. In this research, we have used business process modelling and simulation to explore the performance characteristics and security concerns in the service development life cycle. The results show that Business Process Modelling Notations (BPMN) simulation is effective for the study of cloud security process in detail before actual implementation. The total simulation duration time was 51 days and 9 h 40 min but the results are displayed in 7 s only.

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  1. School of Computing, Creative Technologies and Engineering, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK

    Krishan Chand, Muthu Ramachandran & Ah-Lian Kor

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  1. Krishan Chand
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  1. GSM London, London, United Kingdom

    Hamid Jahankhani

  2. SC Strategy Limited, London, United Kingdom

    Alex Carlile

  3. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Babak Akhgar

  4. Deutsche Bank, New York, USA

    Amie Taal

  5. City University, London, United Kingdom

    Ali G. Hessami

  6. Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Amin Hosseinian-Far

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Chand, K., Ramachandran, M., Kor, AL. (2015). Simulation of Cloud Data Security Processes and Performance. In: Jahankhani, H., Carlile, A., Akhgar, B., Taal, A., Hessami, A., Hosseinian-Far, A. (eds) Global Security, Safety and Sustainability: Tomorrow's Challenges of Cyber Security. ICGS3 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 534. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23276-8_26

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