Systematic Mapping Study On Security Threats in Cloud Computing
This work addresses security threats in cloud computing for researchers and practitioners, but it is incremental as it synthesizes existing literature without introducing new methods.
The study conducted a systematic mapping of literature on security threats in cloud computing, identifying the most explored threats, distributing them across fifteen security domains, and categorizing proposed solutions, while highlighting publications addressing compliance standards.
Today, Cloud Computing is rising strongly, presenting itself to the market by its main service models, known as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, that offer advantages in operational investments by means of on-demand costs, where consumers pay by resources used. In face of this growth, security threats also rise, compromising the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the services provided. Our work is a Systematic Mapping where we hope to present metrics about publications available in literature that deal with some of the seven security threats in Cloud Computing, based in the guide entitled "Top Threats to Cloud Computing" from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). In our research we identified the more explored threats, distributed the results between fifteen Security Domains and identified the types of solutions proposed for the threats. In face of those results, we highlight the publications that are concerned to fulfill some standard of compliance.