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Title
Assessing The Information Systems Secrity Challenges In Cloud Computing: A Case Study Of Cocoa Marketing Company Ghana Limited Submitted
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Creator
Jennifer Ashiokaa Bidema
Description
Cloud computing is the computing model in which the computing resources such as software, hardware and data are delivered as a service through the internet with the aid of web browsers or light-weight desktop machine over the internet (Wink, 2012). This computing model has taken over physical hardware infrastructure by cutting off the cost to procure huge local serv-ers for to augment business operations and storage. (Montero & Llorente, 2012). The adop-tion of cloud as a service is affected by different security issues and challenges such as Tem-porary Denial of Service (TDOS) attacks, user identity theft, session hijacking issues and flashing attacks (Danish, 2011).
The research was conducted at the Cocoa Marketing Company Ghana Limited (CMC). For which employees were sampled through a purposive sampling technique. The data collection involved employee’s answers to questions posed to them in the questionnaires administered. The purpose of this study is to assess the information systems security challenges in cloud computing and bridge the research gap between the cloud security challenges, measures and the existing security threats. An assessment into existing cloud service models, security standards, currently adopted security measures and their degree of flawless protection has been done. The study helped in outlining the security challenges, issues and their solutions whereas the empirical study facilitated in acknowledging the concerns and perception of po-tential cloud users perceptions and challenges. The empirical method used in this research is questionnaires to validate the theoretical findings. According to findings of the study, most organizational departments like CMC relay on shared folders as part of their business operations a medium of sharing information. This pro-vides a better way for introducing cloud computing in such organizations. The study also stated that there are staffs in specific organizations assigned with the duty of data protection, so the perception on data security should not be an issue for such organizations.
Cloud computing or cloud as a service when adopted according to the study has the tendency to help organizations like CMC to gain competitive advantage in their area of business. How-ever the perception that cloud adoption will open the floodgates for intruders to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of data has become the major drawbacks hindering organizations mostly in Africa to adopt the use of cloud to enhance their ways of doing busi-ness. Based on the information gathered from the respondents it is clear that cloud computing is a possibility in CMC. However, management could be a hindering block to its implementa-tion since most of them are politically skewed to the government of the day. These security challenges and perceptions are highly beneficial to the adoption of cloud com-puting because it offers to organizations the knowledge into the potential security risks and challenges and provide some mitigation mechanism for organizations who will be willing to adopt the cloud as a service in the future.
The research was conducted at the Cocoa Marketing Company Ghana Limited (CMC). For which employees were sampled through a purposive sampling technique. The data collection involved employee’s answers to questions posed to them in the questionnaires administered. The purpose of this study is to assess the information systems security challenges in cloud computing and bridge the research gap between the cloud security challenges, measures and the existing security threats. An assessment into existing cloud service models, security standards, currently adopted security measures and their degree of flawless protection has been done. The study helped in outlining the security challenges, issues and their solutions whereas the empirical study facilitated in acknowledging the concerns and perception of po-tential cloud users perceptions and challenges. The empirical method used in this research is questionnaires to validate the theoretical findings. According to findings of the study, most organizational departments like CMC relay on shared folders as part of their business operations a medium of sharing information. This pro-vides a better way for introducing cloud computing in such organizations. The study also stated that there are staffs in specific organizations assigned with the duty of data protection, so the perception on data security should not be an issue for such organizations.
Cloud computing or cloud as a service when adopted according to the study has the tendency to help organizations like CMC to gain competitive advantage in their area of business. How-ever the perception that cloud adoption will open the floodgates for intruders to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of data has become the major drawbacks hindering organizations mostly in Africa to adopt the use of cloud to enhance their ways of doing busi-ness. Based on the information gathered from the respondents it is clear that cloud computing is a possibility in CMC. However, management could be a hindering block to its implementa-tion since most of them are politically skewed to the government of the day. These security challenges and perceptions are highly beneficial to the adoption of cloud com-puting because it offers to organizations the knowledge into the potential security risks and challenges and provide some mitigation mechanism for organizations who will be willing to adopt the cloud as a service in the future.
Subject
Msc In Management Information Systems
Publisher
Ghana Technology University College
Date
May, 2018
Contributor
Dr. Stephen Asunka