Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems. Third International ICST Conference, MobiSec 2011, Aalborg, Denmark, May 17-19, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Can a Mobile Cloud Be More Trustworthy than a Traditional Cloud?

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30244-2_11,
        author={Mufajjul Ali},
        title={Can a Mobile Cloud Be More Trustworthy than a Traditional Cloud?},
        proceedings={Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems. Third International ICST Conference, MobiSec 2011, Aalborg, Denmark, May 17-19, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBISEC},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Cloud computing Trust Security Telco},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30244-2_11}
    }
    
  • Mufajjul Ali
    Year: 2012
    Can a Mobile Cloud Be More Trustworthy than a Traditional Cloud?
    MOBISEC
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30244-2_11
Mufajjul Ali1,*
  • 1: Orange Lab
*Contact email: Mufajjul.ali@orange-ftgroup.com

Abstract

Cloud computing is deemed to be the next big trend nebulous. Various sectors have expressed interest in its adoption, including banking, the government, education, manufacturing and telecommunication. With the promise of cost saving and flexibility also comes the greater challenge of security in-particularly "trust". One of the common questions asked by many users is "Can the cloud be trusted?" Telecommunication service providers have been trusted for many years, and have been adopted my millions of users world wide. With the emerging vision of new mobile cloud providers, the ultimate question lies in asking, can a mobile cloud provider be a more trustworthy provider than the traditional ones?