A Comparative Study of Cloud Security in Public vs. Private Cloud Environments

Abstract: Cloud computing is now used by almost every company because it gives flexibility, cost saving, and quick setup. But security is a major issue especially when chosen either public and private clouds. Public clouds are cheap and grow easily nut they are less safe. Private clouds are safe but it cost more. This research tries to find the balance solution by looking at hybrid setup and helps to find out which model give better balanced effective solution. Findings indicate that with correct security tools and policies both models can be easily depending on organizational needs. Keywords — cloud computing, public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, cloud security, shared responsibility