SHALL WE TRUST IN CLOUD COMPUTING ?

      Cloud computing has opened a new frontier of challenges by introducing a different type of trust scenario.Today' the problem of trusting cloud computing is a paramount concern for most enterprises.It's not that the enterprises don't trust the cloud providers' intensions; rather, they question cloud computing's capabilities.The challenges of cloud computing doesn't lie entirely in the technology itself.The dearth of customer confidence also stems from a lack of control over data assets, and unclear securityassurances.The adoption of cloud computing came before the appropriate technologies appeared to tackle the accomplanying challenges of trust. This gap between adoption and  innovation is so wide that cloud computing consumers don't fully trust this new way of computing.To close this gap, we need to understand the trust issues associated with the cloud computing from both a technology and business perspective. then we'll be able to determine which emerging technologies could best address these issues.

    Broadly speaking, trust means act of faith; confidence and reliance on something that's expected to behave or deliver as promised.we trust a system less if it gives us insufficiant information about it's expertise.The claims such as "secure cloud' or "trust me" doesn't help much to boost the trust level of consumers unless sufficient information is presented with the services.New technology must gradually build it's reputation for good performance and security.

Reference:

B. Michael, “In Cloud Shall We Trust?”

& PrivacyIEEE Security, Sept./Oct. 2009, p. 3.