Three-Dimensional Authentication, Authorization & Access Control [AAA] Framework for Strong Authentication in Hybrid Cloud Environment

Abstract

Cloud computing is the on demand sharing of resources, software and hardware solutions specially storage and applications in the way of services. It is widely adapted by many organizations due to versatile applications and use. Public infrastructure and heavy frequency use might make it vulnerable for different users. Cloud applications are vulnerable for several security threats and weaker authentication might be the reason for leakage of information or sensitive information. Poor authentication techniques and absence of proper authorization and access control might make such application entrusted and users might avoid its use. Data encryption could only provide safety on data over privacy or sensitivity but cannot prevent from unauthorized access. This research paper observes the need of authentication framework and hence proposed a three dimensional multi layer solution to improvise the strength of authentication along with authorization and access control. Some popular cases are taken into account to propose authentication layers for various scenarios. A java application was developed using Restful Api to implement concept of cloud computing and deployed and tested on EC2 instance of local hybrid cloud environment. The complete work ends with performance comparison based on computation time.