DATA ACCOUNTABILITY IN CLOUD USING RELIABLE LOG FILES FORWARDING

Abstract

Cloud computing is receiving a great deal of attention, both in publications and among users, from individuals at home to the government. The cloud makes it possible for you to access your information from anywhere at any time. While a traditional computer setup requires you to be in the same location as your data storage device, the cloud takes away that step. The cloud removes the need for you to be in the same physical location as the hardware that stores your data. A major feature of the cloud services is that users data are usually processed remotely in unknown machines that users do not own or operate. Data handling in the cloud goes through a complex and dynamic hierarchical service chain which does not exist in conventional environments. This can be addressed by a novel approach, namely Cloud Information Accountability (CIA) framework. In this every access to the data are correctly and automatically logged. Log files should be sent back to their data owners periodically to inform them of the current usage of their data. More importantly, log files should be retrievable any time by their data owners when needed regardless the location where the files are stored. The end user is allowed to access the data as per their access privileges which they specifies while regi stering to access the data in the cloud and authentication is provided and data user will be verified.