Abstract
Cloud computing is growing in popularity due to its ability to offer dynamically scalable resources provisioned as services regardless of user or location device. However, moving data to the cloud means that the control of the data is more on the hands of the cloud provider rather than the data owner. This to a certain extent means that cloud users are skeptical about losing their privacy when moving data to environments they do not control. From this stems the need for the means to allow the data owner to monitor what is happening to her/his data. This paper presents a framework that could assist in efforts to address privacy issues in the cloud. A proof of concept prototype implementation is presented to validate the framework. Evaluations are then carried out to test the utility and applicability of the proposed solution.
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Shabalala, M.V., Tarwireyi, P., Adigun, M.O. (2015). Addressing Privacy in Cloud Computing Environment. In: Nungu, A., Pehrson, B., Sansa-Otim, J. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2014. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 147. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16886-9_15
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