• SOMPURNA BHADRA

Abstract: As the Fourth Industrial Revolution era is now constantly progressing, the emergence of Cloud Computing, the Internet of Things, and Big Data is fast changing the computer domain. Accordingly, the computing tasks and processes are getting bigger and more complicated than ever before. In particular Cloud Computing (hereafter abbreviated as CC) is turning out to be a labyrinth in spite of its enormous advantages that it offers to its stake holders—both the individuals and organizations-- in today’s informational environment of the networked society. CC, as a popular and promising domain of technological paradigm, is now globally established following the availability of high capacity network system, less expensive computers and scalable storage tools, reliable hardware virtualization, and necessary service oriented architectural frameworks - all ready to instantly deliver various services on demand. Be that as it may, the character of CC is in a way dialectical and, accordingly, the main objective of the present paper is to undertake, from an interdisciplinary cyber behavioural perspective, a modest attempt to frame a critical discourse mainly of its threats, vulnerabilities and risks that haunt CC services. These CC issues make it impossible to achieve end–to-end security, on the one hand, and, at one and the same time, further strengthen, on the other hand, the process of transforming late modern society into what is known as risk society.

Cloud Computing, Threats and Risks, Challenges and Countermeasures, Human Factor, and Risk Society

"CLOUD COMPUTING THREATS AND RISKS: UNCERTAINTY AND UNCONROLLABILITY IN THE RISK SOCETY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.1047-1070, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002361.pdf

"CLOUD COMPUTING THREATS AND RISKS: UNCERTAINTY AND UNCONROLLABILITY IN THE RISK SOCETY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp1047-1070, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002361.pdf