Formulating a Security Layer of Cloud Data Storage Framework Based on Multi Agent System Architecture

Abstract

The tremendous growth of the cloud computing
environments requires new architecture for security services.
In addition, these computing environments are open,
and users may be connected or disconnected at any time.
Cloud Data Storage, like any other emerging technology, is
experiencing growing pains. It is immature, it is fragmented
and it lacks standardization. To verify the correctness, integrity,
confidentially and availability of users’ data in the cloud, we
propose a security framework. This security framework consists
of two main layers as agent layer and cloud data storage layer.
The propose MAS architecture includes five types of agents: User
Interface Agent (UIA), User Agent (UA), DER Agent (DERA),
Data Retrieval Agent (DRA) and Data Distribution Preparation
Agent (DDPA). The main goal of this paper is to formulate our
secure framework and its architecture.