User-friendly security and privacy to increase confidence in cloud-based systems.

云计算为企业提供了对数据和信息的无处不在和轻松访问，但对于个人和中小企业组织来说，在不损害其安全性和隐私的情况下接受移动的工作是困难的。我们的研究调查了设计一个小尺寸设备，以提高安全性和隐私的可行性。该设备位于用户的场所，在将文件和其他文本发送到云端之前，将对它们进行无缝加密。设备上的计算将允许内容搜索，索引，共享和消息传递，这些通常很难通过加密的云数据实现。我们拥有正在申请专利的技术，该技术将构成该设备的基础，但需进行可行性研究。这将使中小企业和个人用户能够使用公共云，而不必信任云提供商的数据机密性。我们项目的核心思想是调查软件设计的商业和技术目标，为用户提供简单的方法来增加对基于云的系统的信心，特别是围绕其数据和操作的可靠性，安全性，隐私性和原子性。

Cloud computing provides ubiquitous and easy access to data and information for businesses, but it is difficult for individuals and SME organisations embrace mobile working without compromising their security and privacy. Our study investigates the feasibility of designing a small-form-factor device to enhance security and privacy. Located on user's premises, the device will seamlessly encrypt files and other text before sending them to the cloud. Computations on the device will permit content search, indexing, sharing, and messaging, which are often difficult to achieve with encrypted cloud data. We have patent-pending technology which will form the basis of the device, subject to the feasibility study. This will enable SMEs and individual users to use the public cloud without having to trust the cloud provider with confidentiality of the data. The core idea of our project is to investigate commercial and technical objectives for the design of software which provides simple ways for users to increase confidence in cloud-based systems, specifically around the reliability, security, privacy and atomicity of their data and operations.