E-learning and Security Problems in Claud Computing Environment

摘要

Cloud computing has emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of the information technology industry. The ability to leverage economies of scale, geographic distribution, open source software and automated systems to drive down costs makes cloud computing an attractive option for education. Development of information technology and constantly innovating educational technology causes changes in the methods and forms of teaching and organization that would be optimal in the era of mass application of Internet and electronic sources of knowledge. Many of the advantages of cloud computing are accompanied by collateral legal, reputational and security risks having on mind e-learning material that represents intellectual property on the Internet. In contrast to traditional solutions, where the IT services are under proper physical, logical and personnel controls, cloud computing moves the application software and databases to the large data centers, where the management of the data and services may not be fully trustworthy. Cyber criminals that targets intellectual property over the Internet also see this opportunity as a way to expand their illegal activities. It is a great opportunity for them to relocate criminal resources and to hide evidence in order to invoade detection during process of stilling objects of another's intellectual efforts. Authors of this article are trying to give a preview of possible risks that cloud computing can bring to the area of e-learning, with a preview of possible risk of intellectual property that can emerge in Serbia.