Define and explain key concepts, the main research problem that inspired this research with rational and focus for your project. Research problem helps in identification of a concern which can be further investigated or explored. In the research paper, An analysis of security issues for cloud computing, the research problem is to identify the major security issues encountered by cloud computing. Cloud computing has an external data storage system and reliance on the public internet which enhances the risk and threatens security of the users. Hence, the research problems revolve around the major security issues faced by the rapidly growing cloud computing system. In the research paper, Cloud Computing: Security Issues and Description of Encryption Based Algorithms to Overcome Them, the data protection is the major concern. The major benefits of the cloud computing cannot be capitalized completely due to the significant security threat of the internet based computing system (Khanna and Jaiswal, 2013). Comparing the problem statement of the two research papers, it can be inferred that the problem statement is similar. Review Of Literature Review of literature is an important stage of research which focuses on collection of the relevant information and theoretical frameworks. It basically gathers information from the past research studies in order to support those or develop a new framework. The research paper, An analysis of security issues for cloud computing has conducted a systematic review of the literature n order to identify the existing studies of security issues in cloud computing. The major aim of conducting the literature review is to assess the present situation and major security threats of cloud computing. In order to collect secondary data trusted web sources and academic journals were used. In the research paper, Cloud Computing: Security Issues and Description of Encryption Based Algorithms to Overcome Them, the literature review was conducted for identification of the different security issues in cloud computing such as location of data, classification of data, legal issues, security breach, authentication etc. Additionally, this paper has reviewed how encryption based algorithms can help in overcoming these issues. The literature review of the second article includes the solution which is also mentioned in the former article. Purpose Of Research The major purpose of the research paper An analysis of security issues for cloud computing is to identify the security threat of the cloud computing system. It has focused on analyzing the vulnerability and major security threats of cloud computing. This paper has aimed to identify the model of cloud service which is affected by the mentioned security problems. Additionally, it has outlined the measures which can helps in protecting the cloud computing from the potential threats.The purpose of the research paper,
Cloud Computing: Security Issues and Description of Encryption Based Algorithms to Overcome Them is to identify the type of cloud services and the security issues. This paper is extensively concerned about the protection of data in cloud computing. Additionally, the major purpose of this paper includes the assessment of the encryption algorithms in overcoming the security threats of cloud computing. Design Of The Research Methodology Research methodology refers to the predetermined pathway which is designed for conducting different steps of the research study. In the chosen two papers, the research methodology is quite similar. Both the papers are extensively dependent on the secondary research. For collecting secondary data, both the papers have used academic journals and trusted web sources. In the research paper by Hashizume et al. (2013), the selection criteria of the literature includes that the papers must be available online and those must be written in English. Analysis Of Data And Reporting Of Results According to Hashizume et al. (2013), the users of Software as a Service (SaaS) has less control on the security and are highly vulnerable. As the applications are delivered with the aid of web browser some flaws in the web application enhances the security risks (Owens, 2010). Additionally, it has been found that data security is the major issue for SaaS as the users are extensively dependent on the proper security (Subashini and Kavitha, 2011). The research paper by Khanna and Jaiswal (2013), has also identified the same point. Though Platform as a Service (PaaS) relies on the reliable and secure network, it has been encountering security challenges regarding data storage. Virtualization and shared resource in cloud computing also lead to some security issues (Liu, Zhang and Meng, 2011). According to Khanna and Jaiswal (2013), the authentication and authorization of the cloud service is necessary to store the data safely. Additionally, this paper has indicated that encryption algorithms such as Blowfish Algorithm, AES Algorithm and RSA Algorithm will help in protecting data in the cloud computing system. Interpretation Of Research The research study conducted by Hashizume et al. (2013) has demonstrated that the insecure interface and APIs are responsible for leading to the problems such as inadequate authorization, weak credential etc. It has been found that data related vulnerabilities, allocation of resources, virtual networks and the virtual machines are responsible for generation of the security issues in cloud computing. It has also indicated that encryption can be suitable in solving the security problems of cloud computing. The research study conducted by Khanna and Jaiswal (2013) has demonstrated almost same type of findings. Additionally, the paper has demonstrated that security algorithms can be implemented for enhancing the efficiency of the cloud computing in term