Cloud security

Cloud computing systems and services have become major targets for cyberattackers. To provide strong protection of cloud platforms, infrastructure, hosted applications, and data stored in the cloud, we need to address the security issue from a range of perspectives-from secure data and application outsourcing, to anonymous communication, to secure multiparty computation. This special issue on cloud security aims to address the importance of protecting and securing cloud platforms, infrastructures, hosted applications, and data storage.