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Cloud Computing: Potential Risks and Security Approaches

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Cloud Computing is a new technology, widely used in different areas, allowing easy and on-demand access through the internet to a shared set of configurable computing resources. The adoption of this new technology within companies is restricted by security constraints. In this paper, we present the most significant risks that could affect organizations intending to deploy Cloud technology and security measures to be in place to reduce the impact of risks based on a literature review.

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  1. Higher Institute of Technological Studies, Mahdia, Tunisia

    Hassen Ben Rebah

  2. SOIE Lab, LR11ES03, Higher Institute of Management, University of Tunis, 2000, Tunis, Tunisia

    Hatem Ben Sta

  3. Higher Institute of Computer Science, University of Tunis El Manar, 2080, Tunis, Tunisia

    Hatem Ben Sta

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Ben Rebah, H., Ben Sta, H. (2018). Cloud Computing: Potential Risks and Security Approaches. In: Bissyande, T., Sie, O. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2016. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 208. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66742-3_7

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