Study on the Development of Cloud Security

Security is a critical issue in cloud computing. Despite of tremendous growth in cloud adoption, it is still prevalent in cloud paradigm. As a result, addressing security issue is equally important for the industry as well as academia. Several measures have already been initiated to strengthen the cloud security. However, contribution is limited in the form of draft, reports, recommendation and research article in order to improve the cloud security. This work is an attempt to discover the various methods employed by the industry and academia to identify and bridge the security gaps based on various types of security threats prevailing in this promising paradigm. Major cloud security tools with their functionality and employed methods to secure the cloud have been reviewed. Contribution of academia has been highlighted and the gaps thereof have been further discussed.