2021, Volume 14, Issue 4, pp 448 – 461

Security challenges and solutions using healthcare cloud computing

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* Corresponding Author: Esmaeil Mehraeen, Department of Health Information Technology, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, 1419733141, Khalkhal, Iran. E-mail: es.mehraeen@gmail.com

Abstract

Cloud computing is among the most beneficial solutions to digital problems. Security is one of the focal issues in cloud computing technology, and this study aims at investigating security issues of cloud computing and their probable solutions. A systematic review was performed using Scopus, Pubmed, Science Direct, and Web of Science databases. Once the title and abstract were evaluated, the quality of studies was assessed in order to choose the most relevant according to exclusion and inclusion criteria. Then, the full texts of studies selected were read thoroughly to extract the necessary results. According to the review, data security, availability, and integrity, as well as information confidentiality and network security, were the major challenges in cloud security. Further, data encryption, authentication, and classification, besides application programming interfaces (API), were security solutions to cloud infrastructure. Data encryption could be applied to store and retrieve data from the cloud in order to provide secure communication. Besides, several central challenges, which make the cloud security engineering process problematic, have been considered in this study.

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PMC ID: 8485370
PubMed ID: 34621367
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0100

Article Publishing Date (print): Jul-Aug 2021
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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