TY - GEN
T1 - Risks in adopting cloud computing
T2 - 1st International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Computing, iCETiC 2018
AU - Al-Badi, Ali
AU - Tarhini, Ali
AU - Al-Qirim, Nabeel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Cloud computing has become highly strategic and necessary technology in the IT industry. Cloud computing provide many benefits to organizations but there are risks associated with it which hamper its adoption. Therefore, it is important in this research identify the risks which negatively affect cloud computing adoption decision in order to accelerate its adoption. The research has reviewed relevant literature and accordingly selected fifty research papers from leading information systems journals and conferences. Accordingly, several critical factors were identified. The most important critical factors are grouped into three different categories namely, legal (data privacy, compliance and regulations), technical (bandwidth, data integration, security, vendor lock-in) and operational (loss of control over the services, lack of equipment and knowledge, business continuity and disaster recovery) risks. Finally, a conceptual framework on cloud computing adoption risks is proposed based on those identified factors. This research is of great importance to researchers, cloud computing professionals and policymakers. It will also help in formulating strategies to encourage the adoption and acceptance of cloud computing services, where cloud computing is still considered a risky endeavor and outcomes are seen as uncertain.
AB - Cloud computing has become highly strategic and necessary technology in the IT industry. Cloud computing provide many benefits to organizations but there are risks associated with it which hamper its adoption. Therefore, it is important in this research identify the risks which negatively affect cloud computing adoption decision in order to accelerate its adoption. The research has reviewed relevant literature and accordingly selected fifty research papers from leading information systems journals and conferences. Accordingly, several critical factors were identified. The most important critical factors are grouped into three different categories namely, legal (data privacy, compliance and regulations), technical (bandwidth, data integration, security, vendor lock-in) and operational (loss of control over the services, lack of equipment and knowledge, business continuity and disaster recovery) risks. Finally, a conceptual framework on cloud computing adoption risks is proposed based on those identified factors. This research is of great importance to researchers, cloud computing professionals and policymakers. It will also help in formulating strategies to encourage the adoption and acceptance of cloud computing services, where cloud computing is still considered a risky endeavor and outcomes are seen as uncertain.
KW - Adoption
KW - Cloud computing
KW - Cloud computing barriers
KW - Cloud computing inhibitors
KW - Deployment models
KW - Framework
KW - Risk management
KW - Service models
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-95450-9_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-95450-9_2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051141633
SN - 9783319954493
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
SP - 16
EP - 37
BT - Emerging Technologies in Computing - First International Conference, iCETiC 2018, Proceedings
A2 - Miraz, Mahdi H.
A2 - Excell, Peter
A2 - Ware, Andrew
A2 - Ali, Maaruf
A2 - Soomro, Safeeullah
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 23 August 2018 through 24 August 2018
ER -