Security and Privacy of Performing Data Analytics in the Cloud: A Three-way Handshake of Technology, Policy, and Management

The cloud platform has paved the road for faster set up of infrastructure and related goals for both startups and established organizations. However, concerns around security and privacy of user information have suppressed its wider acceptance and an all-encompassing deployment, especially in business-critical applications. We explore security and privacy concerns that occur when data is exchanged between a cloud service provider (CSP) and a primary cloud user. Our thesis asserts that “technology, policy, and sound management” of the cloud service in collaboration have the potential to provide a holistic solution, one that none of the subsets of the approaches can offer separately.