Improved TOPSIS Method Based Trust Evaluation Framework for Determining Trustworthiness of Cloud Service Providers

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 81-105

  Sidhu, Jagpreet ^a   Singh, Sarbjeet ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Compliance; Improved TOPSIS; SLA; Trust; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; NETWORK SECURITY;

CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS; COMPLIANCE; COMPLIANCE MONITORING; IMPROVED TECHNIQUES; IMPROVED TOPSIS; REAL TIME MONITORING; TRUST; TRUSTWORTHINESS;

TRUSTED COMPUTING;

EID: 84957690302     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: 15729184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-016-9363-1     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Fan, W., Perros, H.: A novel trust management framework for multi-cloud environments based on trust service providers. Knowl.-Based Syst. 70, 392–406 (2014)
2. Marston, S., Li, Z., Bandyopadhyay, S., Zhang, J., Ghalsasi, A.: Cloud computing—The business perspective. Decis. Support. Syst. 51(1), 176–189 (2011)
3. Noor, T.H., Sheng, Q.Z., Zeadally, S., Yu, J.: Trust management of services in cloud environments: obstacles and solutions. ACM Comput. Surv. 46(1), 12 (2013)
4. Foster, I., Zhao, Y., Raicu, I., Lu, S.: Cloud computing and grid computing 360-degree compared. In: Grid Computing Environments Workshop, pp. 1–10. IEEE (2008)
5. Sotomayor, B., Montero, R.S., Llorente, I.M., Foster, I.: Virtual infrastructure management in private and hybrid clouds. IEEE Internet Comput. 13(5), 14–22 (2009)
6. Gottfrid, D.: Self-service prorated supercomputing fun. The New York Times [online]. http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/self-service-prorated-super-computing-fun/ (2007). Accessed 14 July 2014
7. Subashini, S., Kavitha, V.: A survey on security issues in service delivery models of cloud computing. J. Netw. Comput. Appl. 34(1), 1–11 (2011)
8. Armbrust, M., Fox, A., Griffith, R., Joseph, A.D., Katz, R., Konwinski, A., Zaharia, M.: A view of cloud computing. Commun. ACM 53(4), 50–58 (2010)
9. Bertino, E., Paci, F., Ferrini, R., Shang, N.: Privacy-preserving digital identity management for cloud computing. IEEE Data Eng. Bull. 32(1), 21–27 (2009)
10. Hwang, K., Li, D.: Trusted cloud computing with secure resources and data coloring. IEEE Internet Comput. 14(5), 14–22 (2010)
11. Viega, J.: Cloud computing and the common man. Computer 42(8), 106–108 (2009)
12. Hwang, K., Kulkareni, S., Hu, Y.: Cloud security with virtualized defense and reputation-based trust management. In: 8th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, pp. 717–722. IEEE (2009)
13. Noor, T.H., Sheng, Q.Z.: Trust as a service: a framework for trust management in cloud environments. In: Web Information System Engineering (WISE), pp. 314–321. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg (2011)
14. Pearson, S., Benameur, A.: Privacy, security and trust issues arising from cloud computing. In: 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, pp. 693–702. IEEE (2010)
15. Huang, J., Nicol, D.M.: Trust mechanisms for cloud computing. Journal of Cloud Computing 2 (1), 1–14 (2011)
16. Everett, C.: Cloud computing–A question of trust. Computer Fraud & Security 6, 5–7 (2009)
17. Garrison, G., Kim, S., Wakefield, R.L.: Success factors for deploying cloud computing. Commun. ACM 55(9), 62–68 (2012)
18. Arce, I., Ghosh, A.: In cloud computing we trust—But should we? IEEE Secur. Priv. 8(6), 14–16 (2010)
19. Habib, S.M., Hauke, S., Ries, S., Mühlhäuser, M.: Trust as a facilitator in cloud computing: a survey. Journal of Cloud Computing 1(1), 1–18 (2012)
20. Khan, K.M., Malluhi, Q.: Establishing trust in cloud computing. IT Professional 12(5), 20–27 (2010)
21. Michael, B., Dinolt, G.: Establishing trust in cloud computing. Cloud Computing: Silver Lining or Storm Ahead (2010)
22. Park, J.S., Spetka, E., Rasheed, H., Ratazzi, P., Han, K.J.: Near-real-time cloud auditing for rapid response. In: 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, pp. 1252–1257. IEEE (2012)
23. Takabi, H., Joshi, J.B., Ahn, G.J.: Security and privacy challenges in cloud computing environments. IEEE Secur. Priv. 8(6), 24–31 (2010)
24. Abawajy, J.: Establishing trust in hybrid cloud computing environments. In: 10th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, IEEE, pp. 118–125 (2011)
25. Haq, I.U., Alnemr, R., Paschke, A., Schikuta, E., Boley, H., Meinel, C.: Distributed trust management for validating sla choreographies. In: Grids and Service-Oriented Architectures for Service Level Agreements, pp. 45–55. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York (2010)
26. Pawar, P.S., Rajarajan, M., Nair, S.K., Zisman, A.: Trust model for optimized cloud services. In: Trust Management VI, pp. 97–112. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg (2012)
27. Hogan, M., Liu, F., Sokol, A., Tong, J.: NIST Cloud computing standards roadmap. NIST Special Publication, 35 (2011)
28. Schiffman, J., Sun, Y., Vijayakumar, H., Jaeger, T.: Cloud verifier: verifiable auditing service for iaas clouds. In: 9th World Congress on Services (SERVICES), pp. 239–246. IEEE (2013)
29. Garg, S.K., Versteeg, S., Buyya, R.: A framework for ranking of cloud computing services. Futur. Gener. Comput. Syst. 29(4), 1012–1023 (2013)
30. Cuomo, A., Di Modica, G., Distefano, S., Puliafito, A., Rak, M., Tomarchio, O., Venticinque, S., Villano, U.: An SLA-based broker for cloud infrastructures. J. Grid. Comput. 11(1), 1–25 (2013)
31. García, A.G., Blanquer, I.: Cloud services representation using SLA composition. J. Grid. Comput. 13(1), 35–51 (2015)
32. Ding, S., Yang, S., Zhang, Y., Liang, C., Xia, C.: Combining QoS prediction and customer satisfaction estimation to solve cloud service trustworthiness evaluation problems. Knowl.-Based Syst. 56, 216–225 (2014)
33. Wang, C., Wang, Y., Liu, C., Wang, X.: An audit-based trustworthiness verification scheme for monitoring the integrity of cloud servers. J. Comput. Inf. Syst. 10(23), 9923–9937 (2014)
34. Fan, W., Yang, S., Pei, J.: A novel two stage model for cloud service trustworthiness evaluation. Expert. Syst. 31(2), 136–153 (2014)
35. Song, S., Hwang, K., Kwok, Y.K.: Trusted grid computing with security binding and trust integration. J. Grid. Comput. 3(1), 53–73 (2005)
36. Azzedin, F., Maheswaran, M., Mitra, A.: Trust brokering and its use for resource matchmaking in public-resource grids. J. Grid. Comput. 4(3), 247–263 (2006)
37. Tomanek, O., Kencl, L.: CLAUdit: planetary-scale cloud latency auditing platform. In: 2nd International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), pp. 138–146. IEEE (2013)
38. Doelitzscher, F., Fischer, C., Moskal, D., Reich, C., Knahl, M., Clarke, N.: Validating cloud infrastructure changes by cloud audits. In: 8th World Congress on Services (SERVICES), pp. 377–384. IEEE (2012)
39. Shetty, S.: Auditing and analysis of network traffic in cloud environment. In: 9th World Congress on Services (SERVICES), pp. 260–267. IEEE (2013)
40. Liu, Q., Wang, G., Wu, J.: Consistency as a service: auditing cloud consistency. IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag. 11(1), 25–35 (2014)
41. Gowrigolla, B., Sivaji, S., Masillamani, M.R.: Design and auditing of cloud computing security. In: 5th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs), pp. 292–297. IEEE (2010)
42. Chen, J., Jiang, W., Yan, J.: Understanding the approach for auditing of cloud computing system. In: Information Technology and Computer Science (ITCS), pp. 581–583. IEEE (2010)
43. Ravindran, K.: Qos auditing for evaluation of SLA in cloud-based distributed services. In: 9th World Congress on Services (SERVICES), pp. 247–254. IEEE (2013)
44. Chen, Z., Yoon, J.: IT auditing to assure a secure cloud computing. In: 6th World Congress on Services (SERVICES-1), pp. 253–259. IEEE (2010)
45. Tajuddin, M., Busi, K.C.: An enhanced dynamic auditing protocol in cloud computing. International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology 4(7), 3173 (2013)
46. Figueira, J., Greco, S., Ehrgott, M.: Multiple criteria decision analysis: state of the art surveys Springer Science & Business Media, p 78 (2005)
47. Hwang, C.L., Yoon, K.: Multiple Attribute Decision Making: Methods and Applications: a State-Of-The-Art Survey. Springer, London (1981)
48. Rao, R.V.: Decision making in the manufacturing environment: using graph theory and fuzzy multiple attribute decision making methods. Springer Science & Business Media (2007)
49. Ramanathan, R.: A note on the use of the analytic hierarchy process for environmental impact assessment. J. Environ. Manage. 63(1), 27–35 (2001)
50. Saaty, T.L.: Theory and applications of the analytic network process: decision making with benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks. Publications, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh RWS (2005)
51. Cloud Harmony Cloud Reports: Availablefrom: https://cloudharmony.com/reports/state-of-thecloud-compute-report (2014). Accessed 5 February 2015