Use of Cloud Computing Implementation with Education System and its Security Concern

Use of Cloud Computing Implementation with Education System and its Security Concern

Deepak Yadav

Guide: Prof. Hina Mehmood

Msc IT

Rizvi College

Abstract:  Cloud computing is a type of technology that provides remote services on the internet to manage, access ,and store data rather than storing it on Servers or local drives . This technology is known as Serverless technology . Here the data can be anything like Image , Audio, video, documents ,file ,etc.

Education plays an important role in maintaining the economic growth of a country, especially a growing country like India . Nowadays students are more advanced than before ,learning and  teaching is changing day by day . Information and communication Technologies are powerful enabling tools for educational change and reform introducing new methods of teaching and conducting research as well as provisioning of educational facilities for online learning , teaching and research collaboration .The smart classroom, labs are introduced with automation in maintenance and management of all academic activities . Cloud computing is opening new horizons for various sectors of business as well as education institutes which is likely to have a significant impact on the new teaching and learning environment .

 Usually cloud computing services are delivered by a third party provider who owns the infrastructure. There Are advantages to mention but a few include scalability, resilience, flexibility, efficiency and outsourcing non-core activities. Cloud computing offers an innovative business model for organizations to adopt IT services without upfront investment. Despite the potential gains achieved from cloud computing, the organizations are slow in accepting it due to security issues and challenges associated with it. Security is one of the major issues which hamper the growth of the cloud. The idea of handing over important data to another company is worrisome; such that the consumers need to be vigilant in understanding the risks of data breaches in this new environment. This paper introduces a detailed analysis of cloud computing in educational aspect  and challenges focusing on the cloud computing types and the service delivery types.

Cloud computing has become another buzzword after Web 2.0 . Cloud computing is not a completely new concept  ;it has an intricate  connection  to the grid computing paradigm , and other relevant technologies  such as utility computing ,cluster computing , and distributed  systems in general . With the development of cloud computing , a set of security problems appears. security issues present a strong barrier for users  to adapt into cloud computing systems . Several surveys of potential cloud adopters indicate that security is the primary concern hindering its adoption . This paper introduces a detailed analysis of the cloud computing with education and challenges focusing on the cloud computing types , the service delivery types and  the background and service model of cloud computing . Along with this , a few security issues and challenges are also considered as loop holes in  it .

Aim: The aim of this research is to improve physical and digital access to resources. It makes it easier for students to access the same materials and learning resources, regardless of the devices or internet browsers they use and also to find some challenges ,risks that institutes can face after implementation  and how to handle it.

Research methodology : To study the impact of cloud computing security and challenges on educational usage, a multi-method research approach can be used, combining both qualitative and quantitative research methods . Quantitative methods can include surveys and statistical analysis of data collected from educators, administrators, and students to measure the extent to which cloud computing is being used in education and the impact of security issues on its usage. This can provide a numerical representation of the findings, which can be used to make generalizations about the larger population. Qualitative methods can include in-depth  interviews , focus groups and case studies to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences and perspective of those using cloud computing in education. This can provide insight into the security challenges faced  by educators and students, and how they perceive the impact of these challenges on their ability to use cloud computing effectively .

Both methods can be used to triangulate data and build a strong evidence base to support conclusions and recommendations . Additionally,  a systematic review of existing literature on cloud computing security and challenges in the educational sector can be conducted to provide an overview of the current state of research in the field.

Findings: collected data from 55 respondents from which 22 respondents are IT professionals and rest of the 33 respondents are from educational institutes.

1)        93 percent of educational institutes are aware of cloud computing.

2)       As per the educational institute’s opinion, the cost to implement cloud computing lies mainly between Rs.30, 000- 40,000 only.

3)       It is seen that the percentage of PaaS & SaaS requires high implementation cost (Rs. 90000/-) as compared to IaaS.

4)       90 percent educational institutes agreed that cloud computing is cheaper than traditional ERP system and they are satisfied with cloud computing

5)      Study reveals that cloud computing services are more reliable with average value 4.0 followed by accessibility with average value 3.90, security is high with average value 3.78. Further resources flexibility with average value is 3.69 and resource availability with average value is 3.68.

6)        Most of the educational institutes used the Hybrid Deployment model as compared to other models.

7)        As per IT and Educational sectors point of view, security of cloud computing is very high

According to them, cloud computing is the latest development that provides easy access to high performance computing resources and storage infrastructure through web services. Cloud computing delivers the potential for efficiency, cost savings and improved performance to governments, organizations, private and individual users. It also offers a unique opportunity to developing countries to get closer to developed countries. Developing countries like  India  can take the benefits of cloud computing by implementing it in its e-government projects. The paper addresses the issues that can arise during the deployment of cloud services. After identifying these problems some steps are explained to mitigate these challenges and solutions to solve the problems.

Keyword: : Cloud computing, Network, Educational Sector, Implementation ,Security ,flexibility and scalability etc