Security Designs for the Cloud, IoT, and Social Networking

CHAPTER 3SECURITY AND CHALLENGES IN MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING

ANKUR DUMKA¹, MINAKSHI MEMORIA², ALAKNANDA ASHOK²

¹Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India

²Tula Institute, Dehradun, India

³Women Institute of Technology, Dehradun, India

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Abstract

Cloud computing is an emerging field in which security is one of the major concerns. Integrating mobile technology with cloud technology is a demanding task these days. This chapter discusses different security issues and challenges in mobile cloud computing when integrating cloud computing with mobile technology. To this end a discussion of various security protocols and solutions provided by different researchers is presented in an organized manner, thereby paving the way for future directions in this area. This chapter extends the discussion to the three subcategories of security issues in mobile cloud computing—infrastructural or architectural issues, privacy issues and compliance issues—and the challenges in these security parameters.

Keywords: Mobile cloud computing, IoT, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, security, virtualization

3.1 Introduction

In order to increase the computational resource for mobile users, network operators and providers of cloud computing the term mobile cloud computing came into existence. Mobile cloud computing (MCC) is used for execution of rich mobile applications with a wide range of user experiences. Thus, it integrates mobile technology with cloud technology for integrating and ...