DocumentCode
68948
Title
Security Concerns in Popular Cloud Storage Services
Author
Cheng-Kang Chu ; Wen-Tao Zhu ; Jin Han ; Liu, J.K. ; Jia Xu ; Jianying Zhou
Author_Institution
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
Volume
12
Issue
4
fYear
2013
fDate
Oct.-Dec. 2013
Firstpage
50
Lastpage
57
Abstract
The authors provide a systematic security analysis on the sharing methods of three major cloud storage and synchronization services: Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive. They show that all three services have security weaknesses that may result in data leakage without users´ awareness.
Keywords
cloud computing; security of data; synchronisation; Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SkyDrive; cloud storage services; data leakage; security concerns; security weaknesses; sharing methods; synchronization services; systematic security analysis; Cloud computing; Computer security; Cryptography; Electronic mail; Privacy; Storage automation; cloud storage; data leakage; data sharing; pervasive computing; security and privacy;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1268
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPRV.2013.72
Filename
6648580
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