Cloud Computing Security

CHAPTER 22

Secure Computation Outsourcing

Shams Zawoad

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Ragib Hasan

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

CONTENTS

22.1  Introduction

22.1.1  Organization

22.2  Background

22.2.1  Cloud-Based Computation Outsourcing

22.2.2  Computations that can be Outsourced to Clouds

22.2.2.1  Algebraic Operations

22.2.2.2  String Comparison

22.2.2.3  MapReduce

22.2.2.4  Modular Exponentiation

22.2.3  Secure Computation Outsourcing to Clouds

22.2.3.1  Adversarial Model

22.2.3.2  Properties for Secure Computation Outsourcing

22.3  Challenges

22.3.1  Lack of Transparency

22.3.2  Multitenancy

22.3.3  Vulnerability in Cloud Architectures

22.3.4  Regulatory and Compliance Issues

22.4  Solutions ...