User:Fconteh02/Cloud Computing Data Security

Enterprises large and small are increasingly adopting cloud computing to host their business-critical applications and database services. The primary reason for this significant shift of enterprise data migration from on-premise hosting to cloud computing has been associated with its many advantages of high availability, scalability, and effective cost management. There have been several definitions of cloud computing; among the most widely accepted is the one put forward by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). According to NIST, "Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction." The definition outlined the critical features of cloud computing that have made it a de facto infrastructure, platform, and software-as-a-service solution for privately owned organizations and have also been vital in the modernization of federal government agencies and organizations' information management systems.