Title:   ENHANCING CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY USING ADVANCED WEB TECHNOLOGIES

Cloud computing is gradually replacing normal standalone computing. Almost all data processing today are done online with the assistance of cloud computing. Cloud computing offers numerous advantages to organizations such as cost savings, flexibility in capacity, time savings and effective use of computing resources, yet these focal points are most likely going to be undermined by the failure to ensure appropriate data security. There is urgent need to enhance data security since information kept online are prone to hacking especially in this digital age that cybercrimes is constantly on the increase. This project is aimed at enhancing cloud computing security using advanced web technologies. To achieve this, existing cloud computing security mechanism and technologies will be adopted. A model called CloudX was developed in this research work to handle web security. CloudX is a cloud-based security system that encrypts file paths, locks files and directories. Quick response code (QR) which is a form of authentication will be used to grant access to the cloud to curtail the breaches by unauthorized users. A user does not only need username and password before accessing his/her files. Identity management and authentication is a critical step towards securing the securing sensitive data in the cloud. Two different encryption algorithms; Attribute-based encryption (ABE), and advanced encryption standard (AES) will be utilized to build up the model to enhance these security flaws in the cloud. Each encryption algorithm has its pros and cons over the other in the role of data security. Several web development technologies were employed in the development of this software. They include: HTML5, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX and MySQL. Security and privacy being the two major factor that inhibits the growth of cloud computing were able to be enhanced through CloudX.

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Publication Date: 2020-12-04