Cloud Computing has become center of attraction for Private and Public Sectors due to its features such as On-Demand services, flexible Pay-as-you-go etc. Virtualization as the centre the Cloud can be extended and presented as any number of services which revolve around fundamental architecture with IaaS, SaaS and PaaS. The benefits of cloud that looks appealing from all the other perspectives looks very discouraging when looked at from the security perspective. Conversely, to seek answers this research paper looks at the aspects of traditionally threatening DDoS attacks in Cloud Computing and, how it managed to adapt into Cloud in various forms. Moreover it also presents the aspects of the Cloud Components that can cause the harmful effects of DDoS attacks with a simple exploit. Moreover the core elements of Cloud IDPS and its limitations are discussed. The limitations in prevention and detection of such attacks suggest the requirement for strong Cloud feature based monitoring. The Cloud features are defined in form of QoS requirements and are negotiated while performing SLA (Service Level Agreement). All the features that are delivered as functional and performance metrics are presented and their role in improvising the Cloud Security has been discussed. Consequently based on the performed research various undefined aspects that are attributing to security threats in Cloud were identified and are defined appropriately.
Volume 11 | 09-Special Issue
Pages: 541-553
DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V11/20192603