In recent years, the level of web hosting
has been raised to a whole new level with the introduction of cloud hosting services.
Thousands of firms have been impressed by the idea of cloud hosting and many of
them avail the service to experience the benefits. It has been widely accepted
by online businesses as well as other website owners and has become popular all
over the world. But, with the increasing popularity, cloud hosting is exposed
to various security and vulnerability issues. Although people used to think
that the idea of cloud computing is flawless, several threats have caused a
huge risk to the users of cloud hosting services and hence people’s mindset is
on the verge of change.
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(a) Data Loss: Individuals assume that cloud
is the best platform to keep important data safe. But, it is important to know
that the risk of data loss is involved while it's updated. When certain data
are updated in the cloud, it passes through various sources and servers. Data
can be lost in the processing stage due to the occurrence of some failures or
corruption. Therefore, it is very crucial to update important data through a secured
channel.
· (b) Account Hacking: Over the years, amount
of underground hacking groups have grown tremendously. Today, present in
different parts of the world is tons of talented hackers who can access a
company’s account in the cloud and therefore play with the firm’s future. As
Internet-connected machines can be accessed virtually, the hackers practice
this technique of hacking illegally to steal the account of various website
owners who use cloud hosting.
· (c)
Alteration of data: Data in the cloud
can be accessed by the professionals working in a website owner’s company.
These professionals can use the company’s cloud account to add, remove and
change the data available in it. Hence, if the data is modified maliciously by
a professional of the firm, entire data can get distorted. This can prove to be
disastrous at times. Therefore, user accounts should be kept private and
confidential in order to prevent the hindrance of data modification.
· (d)
Temporary Service Denial: It is not
necessary that the cloud will provide consistent service for the whole year.
Due to certain problems or corruption, cloud server might get temporarily down
causing network failure. A client cannot access his website during this time so
it can cause tension if he needs to update data urgently. Therefore, cloud is
vulnerable to connection failure temporarily and this risk cannot be avoided easily.
Although there are several security and
vulnerability issues in cloud hosting, thousands of website owners don’t mind
to use it; mainly because of its incomparable benefits. To prevent various
security-related issues, companies follow certain guidelines. Using a
confidential password or going beyond the password level by opting for 2-level
authentication technique can prevent a couple of harmful issues. Security
firewall is another important stuff that should never be ignored by the users
of cloud hosting service because firewall protects data and network from
various malicious factors. Therefore, a company should be aware of various
security issues of cloud hosting and take suitable precautions before enjoying
the merits of cloud computing.
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