Assignment Objective

Background: ABC Corporation, a global e$-$commerce company, has recently migrated its infrastructure to a cloud computing environment to leverage scalability and costeffectiveness$.$ However, with the increase in cloud usage, the company faces challenges related to data security and identity management.

Scenario: ABC Corporation's cloud infrastructure includes sensitive customer data, financial records, and proprietary business information. The company relies on various cloud services such as storage, databases, and virtual machines hosted by a reputable cloud service provider.

Task $1$

Data Security in Cloud Computing $(35$ Marks$)$:

a$.$ Identify and discuss three major data security challenges faced by ABC Corporation in a cloud computing environment.

$(15$ Marks$)$

b$.$ Propose and explain at least two data security strategies or technologies that ABC Corporation can implement to mitigate the identified challenges.

$(20$ Marks$)$