Cloud Computing for Cytopathologists

Cloud computing is changing the way enterprises, institutions, and people understand, perceive, and use current software systems. Cloud computing is an innovative concept of creating a computer grid using the Internet facilities aiming at the shared use of resources such as computer software and hardware. Cloud-based system architectures provide many advantages in terms of scalability, maintainability, and massive data processing. By means of cloud computing technology, cytopathologists can efficiently manage imaging units by using the latest software and hardware available without having to pay for it at non-affordable prices. Cloud computing systems used by cytopathology departments can function on public, private, hybrid, or community models. Using cloud applications, infrastructure, storage services, and processing power, cytopathology laboratories can avoid huge spending on maintenance of costly applications and on image storage and sharing. Cloud computing allows imaging flexibility and may be used for creating a virtual mobile office. Security and privacy issues have to be addressed in order to ensure Cloud computing wide implementation in the near future. Nowadays, cloud computing is not widely used for the various tasks related to cytopathology; however, there are numerous fields for which it can be applied. The envisioned advantages for the everyday practice in laboratories' workflow and eventually for the patients are significant. This is explored in this chapter.

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Healthcare SaaS Based on a Data Model With Built-In Security and Privacy

Cloud Security ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8176-5.ch037 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 744-759 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruchika Asija ◽

Rajarathnam Nallusamy

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Performance Evaluation ◽

Data Model ◽

Health Data ◽

Software As A Service ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Healthcare Industry ◽

Access Controls ◽

Software And Hardware ◽

Security Levels

Cloud computing is a major technology enabler for providing efficient services at affordable costs by reducing the costs of traditional software and hardware licensing models. As it continues to evolve, it is widely being adopted by healthcare organisations. But hosting healthcare solutions on cloud is challenging in terms of security and privacy of health data. To address these challenges and to provide security and privacy to health data on the cloud, the authors present a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application with a data model with built-in security and privacy. This data model enhances security and privacy of the data by attaching security levels in the data itself expressed in the form of XML instead of relying entirely on application level access controls. They also present the performance evaluation of their application using this data model with different scaling indicators. To further investigate the adoption of IT and cloud computing in Indian healthcare industry they have done a survey of some major hospitals in India.

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Security and Privacy Issues, Solutions, and Tools for MCC

Security Management in Mobile Cloud Computing - Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0602-7.ch006 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 121-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Darshan M. Tank

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Cloud Computing ◽

Mobile Network ◽

Wireless Channel ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Mobile Cloud ◽

Processing Power ◽

Key Issues ◽

Self Service

With the development of cloud computing and mobility, mobile cloud computing has emerged and become a focus of research. Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) integrates mobile computing and cloud computing aiming to extend mobile devices capabilities. By the means of on-demand self-service and extendibility, it can offer the infrastructure, platform, and software services in a cloud to mobile users through the mobile network. There is huge market for mobile based e-Commerce applications across the globe. Security and privacy are the key issues for mobile cloud computing applications. The limited processing power and memory of a mobile device dependent on inherently unreliable wireless channel for communication and battery for power leaves little scope for a reliable security layer. Thus there is a need for a lightweight secure framework that provides security with minimum communication and processing overhead on mobile devices. The security and privacy protection services can be achieved with the help of secure mobile-cloud application services.

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Healthcare SaaS Based on a Data Model with Built-In Security and Privacy

International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing ◽

10.4018/ijcac.2016070101 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 1-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Ruchika Asija ◽

Rajarathnam Nallusamy

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Performance Evaluation ◽

Data Model ◽

Health Data ◽

Software As A Service ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Healthcare Industry ◽

Access Controls ◽

Software And Hardware ◽

Security Levels

Cloud computing is a major technology enabler for providing efficient services at affordable costs by reducing the costs of traditional software and hardware licensing models. As it continues to evolve, it is widely being adopted by healthcare organisations. But hosting healthcare solutions on cloud is challenging in terms of security and privacy of health data. To address these challenges and to provide security and privacy to health data on the cloud, the authors present a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application with a data model with built-in security and privacy. This data model enhances security and privacy of the data by attaching security levels in the data itself expressed in the form of XML instead of relying entirely on application level access controls. They also present the performance evaluation of their application using this data model with different scaling indicators. To further investigate the adoption of IT and cloud computing in Indian healthcare industry they have done a survey of some major hospitals in India.

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Security and Privacy Issues, Solutions, and Tools for MCC

Identity Theft ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0808-3.ch005 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 79-99

Author(s):

Darshan M. Tank

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Cloud Computing ◽

Mobile Network ◽

Wireless Channel ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Mobile Cloud ◽

Processing Power ◽

Key Issues ◽

Self Service

With the development of cloud computing and mobility, mobile cloud computing has emerged and become a focus of research. Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) integrates mobile computing and cloud computing aiming to extend mobile devices capabilities. By the means of on-demand self-service and extendibility, it can offer the infrastructure, platform, and software services in a cloud to mobile users through the mobile network. There is huge market for mobile based e-Commerce applications across the globe. Security and privacy are the key issues for mobile cloud computing applications. The limited processing power and memory of a mobile device dependent on inherently unreliable wireless channel for communication and battery for power leaves little scope for a reliable security layer. Thus there is a need for a lightweight secure framework that provides security with minimum communication and processing overhead on mobile devices. The security and privacy protection services can be achieved with the help of secure mobile-cloud application services.

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Future directions of cardiac CT

Cardiovascular Computed Tomography ◽

10.1093/med/9780198809272.003.0031 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 529-536

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cardiac Ct ◽

Medical Knowledge ◽

Computer Software ◽

Computer Processing ◽

Future Directions ◽

Processing Power ◽

Vital Component ◽

Software And Hardware ◽

Disease Understanding

rIn 1950, it was estimated that it would take 50 years for medical knowledge to double; in 1980, 7 years; and in 2010, 3.5 years. Indeed by 2020, it is expected that medical knowledge will double within <100 days. This rapid growth in knowledge and disease understanding is inevitably intertwined with developments in computer processing power, computer software, and hardware. Cardiac CT has benefitted from these innovations which have enabled it to now become a vital component of the cardiac imaging arsenal. This chapter covers future directions, including bioengineering, 3D printing, and image fusion and virtual reality.

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Security in Mobile Cloud Computing

Cloud Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6539-2.ch072 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1548-1560

Author(s):

Hero Modares ◽

Jaime Lloret ◽

Amirhossein Moravejosharieh ◽

Rosli Salleh

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Mobile Cloud Computing ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Mobile Cloud ◽

Mobile Environment ◽

Sensitive Data ◽

It Industry ◽

The Public ◽

Security Issues ◽

Cloud Applications

Cloud computing is a new and promising technology that is transforming the paradigm of traditional Internet computing and probably the whole IT industry. Cloud computing is predicted to expand in the mobile environment leveraging on the rapid advances in wireless access technologies. These mobile applications are built around mobile cloud computing techniques and models. In the Mobile Cloud environment, users can remotely store their data as well as enjoy high quality on-demand cloud applications without the limitations of having to purchase and maintain their own local hardware and software. However, data security is still a major concern and is the main obstacle preventing cloud computing from being more widely adopted. This concern originates from the fact that sensitive data stored in the public clouds is managed by commercial service providers who might not be totally trustworthy. As such, there are several security and privacy issues that need to be addressed. This chapter gives an overview on the cloud computing concept followed by a description on mobile cloud computing and the different security issues pertinent to the mobile cloud computing environment.

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Understanding and Enhancing Consumer Privacy Perceptions in the Cloud

Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies - Data Privacy and Trust in Cloud Computing ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-54660-1_4 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 59-78

Author(s):

Grace Fox

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Information Systems ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Complex Domain ◽

Consumer Privacy ◽

Recent Increase ◽

Technical Solutions ◽

And Control ◽

Cloud Applications

Abstract The recent increase in highly publicised cloud breaches, coupled with issues surrounding transparency and control in the cloud, highlights the importance of understanding and addressing privacy in this context. The extant cloud privacy literature has a tendency to focus on technical solutions to address security and privacy together, but a small emerging body of literature acknowledges the importance of consumers’ privacy perceptions in the context of cloud computing. Given the breadth of cloud applications and the situational nature of privacy, it is imperative to unpack the role of privacy in this complex domain. This chapter leverages the broader privacy literature in the Information Systems field to identify potential measures to enhance consumer privacy in the cloud context and highlights a number of paths for research to further our knowledge of consumer privacy perceptions in the various cloud contexts.

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Security in Mobile Cloud Computing

Mobile Networks and Cloud Computing Convergence for Progressive Services and Applications - Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4781-7.ch005 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 79-91

Author(s):

Hero Modares ◽

Jaime Lloret ◽

Amirhossein Moravejosharieh ◽

Rosli Salleh

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Mobile Cloud Computing ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Mobile Cloud ◽

Mobile Environment ◽

Sensitive Data ◽

It Industry ◽

The Public ◽

Security Issues ◽

Cloud Applications

Cloud computing is a new and promising technology that is transforming the paradigm of traditional Internet computing and probably the whole IT industry. Cloud computing is predicted to expand in the mobile environment leveraging on the rapid advances in wireless access technologies. These mobile applications are built around mobile cloud computing techniques and models. In the Mobile Cloud environment, users can remotely store their data as well as enjoy high quality on-demand cloud applications without the limitations of having to purchase and maintain their own local hardware and software. However, data security is still a major concern and is the main obstacle preventing cloud computing from being more widely adopted. This concern originates from the fact that sensitive data stored in the public clouds is managed by commercial service providers who might not be totally trustworthy. As such, there are several security and privacy issues that need to be addressed. This chapter gives an overview on the cloud computing concept followed by a description on mobile cloud computing and the different security issues pertinent to the mobile cloud computing environment.

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Cloud Computing Security using by Applying Cryptography Technique

International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology ◽

10.32628/cseit206123 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 126-132

Author(s):

Rajesh Keshavrao Sadavarte ◽

G. D. Kurundkar

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Cloud Storage ◽

Service Providers ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Security Issues ◽

Secure Storage ◽

Computing Paradigm ◽

Use Of Resources ◽

Online Storage

Cloud computing is the provision of computing and storage capacity to users as a service. Cloud storage is a type of networked online storage where data is stored in virtualized storage pools as a subservice of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) in cloud computing. Cloud computing plays a significant role in the efficient use of resources and in the utilization of service. Regardless of the cloud category (e.g. private, public, hybrid or inter-cloud), all service providers rely on domain server data. As a rapid development and deployment of cloud computing and cloud storage, users are increasingly concerned about security and privacy issues involved in these techniques. This paper provides a summary of basic security problems that consist of conventional security issues. It also addresses the additional challenges resulting from the cloud computing paradigm being used by cloud system providers and consumers. In addition, solutions suggested by some researchers are presented with a focus on cryptographic techniques which support secure storage of the cloud.

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