The book compiles technologies for enhancing and provisioning security, privacy and trust in cloud systems based on Quality of Servise requirements. It is a timely contribution to a field that is gaining considerable research interest, momentum, and provides a comprehensive coverage of technologies related to cloud security, privacy and trust. In particular, the book includes
- Cloud security fundamentals and related technologies to-date, with a comprehensive coverage of evolution, current landscape, and future roadmap.
- A smooth organization with introductory, advanced and specialist content, i.e. from basics of security, privacy and trust in cloud systems, to advanced cartographic techniques, case studies covering both social and technological aspects, and advanced platforms.
- Case studies written by professionals and/or industrial researchers.
- Inclusion of a section on Cloud security and eGovernance tutorial that can be used for knowledge transfer and teaching purpose.
- Identification of open research issues to help practitioners and researchers.
The book is a timely topic for readers, including practicing engineers and academics, in the domains related to the engineering, science, and art of building networks and networked applications. Specifically, upon reading this book, audiences will perceive the following benefits:
1. Learn the state-of-the-art in research and development on cloud security, privacy and trust.
2. Obtain a future roadmap by learning open research issues.
3. Gather the background knowledge to tackle key problems, whose solutions will enhance the evolution of next-generation secure cloud systems.

Part I Cloud Security

Cloud Security: State of the Art 3

Liliana F. B. Soares, Diogo A. B. Fernandes, João V. Gomes, Mário M. Freire and Pedro R. M. Inácio

Secure Data Sharing in the Cloud 45

Danan Thilakanathan, Shiping Chen, Surya Nepal and Rafael A. Calvo

Adaptive Security Management in SaaS Applications 73

Mohamed Almorsy, Amani Ibrahim and John Grundy

Smart Resource Allocation to Improve Cloud Security 103

Eddy Caron, Frédéric Desprez and Jonathan Rouzaud-Cornabas

Mandatory Access Protection Within Cloud Systems 145

M. Blanc, A. Bousquet, J. Briffaut, L. Clevy, D. Gros, A. Lefray,

J. Rouzaud-Cornabas, C. Toinard and B. Venelle

Part II Cloud Privacy and Trust Identity Management in Cloud Systems 177

Ginés Dólera Tormo, Félix Gómez Mármol and Gregorio Martínez Pérez Data Accountability in Cloud Systems 211

Ryan K. L. Ko

Privacy Preservation over Big Data in Cloud Systems 239

Xuyun Zhang, Chang Liu, Surya Nepal, Chi Yang and Jinjun Chen Securing Outsourced Databases in the Cloud 259

Dongxi Liu

Trust Model for Cloud Systems with Self Variance Evaluation 283

Xiaofeng Wang, Jinshu Su, Xiaofeng Hu, Chunqing Wu and Huan Zhou

Part III Case Studies: Cloud Security, Privacy and Trust

Cryptographic Role-Based Access Control for Secure Cloud Data Storage Systems 313

Lan Zhou, Vijay Varadharajan and Michael Hitchens

Accountability-Based Compliance Control of Collaborative Business Processes in Cloud Systems 345

Jinhui Yao, Shiping Chen and David Levy

Reputation as a Service: A System for Ranking Service Providers in Cloud Systems 375

Wassim Itani, Cesar Ghali, Ayman Kayssi and Ali Chehab

Combating Cyber Attacks in Cloud Systems Using Machine Learning 407

Md Tanzim Khorshed, A. B. M. Shawkat Ali and Saleh A. Wasimi

Legal Aspects of Data Protection in Cloud Federations 433

Attila Kertesz and Szilvia Varadi

Index 457

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