Towards a Secure Cloud Ecosystem: Innovations in Cybersecurity

Cloud computing has become a fundamental part of many households and organizations today offering many advantages such as cost savings, scalability, remote accessibility and more making it a foundational component of modern digital infrastructure. Along with the benefits of cloud computing, it also introduces significant security challenges that are the primary concern of many people and organisations as it contains the private data of many stakeholders. To address the vulnerabilities, security-related technologies such as encryption, firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Service Level Agreements (SLA) should be considered. This paper aims to investigate the details of security-related technologies such as their components and processes to justify how the security-related technologies can help cloud-based systems combat their vulnerabilities ensuring the best interests of those involved. The paper consists of a background, detailed discussion on how security-related technology works, the impact and limitations of cloud computing, cloud computing’s potential, security countermeasures and proposed countermeasures. Through the analysis of all the discussed topics, the paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the importance of adopting security-related technologies in maintaining a secure and optimised cloud-based system.