TY  - JOUR
T1  - An Adaptive Security Framework Delivered as a Service for Cloud Environment
AU - Subashini, S. AU - Kavitha, V. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 8
SP  - 468
EP  - 482
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2012.468.482
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2012.468.482
KW  - Security as a service
KW  -cloud computing
KW  -adaptive security
KW  -multi-tier security framework
KW  -India
AB  - Cloud computing is a flexible, cost effective and proven delivery 
  platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet. Despite 
  of all the hype surrounding the cloud, enterprise customers are still reluctant 
  to deploy their business in the cloud. This study proposes a security framework 
  that provides security as a service for cloud applications. This framework provides 
  security as a single-tier or multi-tier based on the application’s 
  demand. Moreover, these tiers are enabled to change dynamically making the entire 
  security system less predictable. The behavior of this framework is designed 
  to be customizable based on the application’s 
  importance and is localized. This design will help the cloud in adverse situations 
  of threats because the threats will also be localized and will not pose a threat 
  to the entire cloud. In a cloud where there are heterogeneous asset systems, 
  a single security system would be too costly for certain applications and if 
  there is less security then the vulnerability factor of some applications like 
  financial and military applications will shoot up. This consideration is incorporated 
  within the framework which enables security levels based on the importance of 
  the assets of the services provided by the cloud and their respective clients. 
  The framework was tested and the results were positive.
ER  -