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Research Framework Of Human Factors Interactions With Technical And Security Factors In Cloud Computing, Hongjiang Xu, Sakthi Mahenthiran

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

There are many advantages to adopt cloud computing, however, some important issues need to be addressed, such as cybersecurity, cost-saving, trust, implementation complexity, and cloud provider’s reliability. This study developed a research framework to study the human factors that interact with technical and cybersecurity factors to affect the cloud-computing provider’s performance from the user’s perspective. Research hypotheses were developed and a survey was conducted to test the hypotheses and validate the research framework.