SECURE BACKUP SYSTEM DESKTOP AND MOBILE-PHONE SECURE BACKUP SYSTEM HOSTED ON A STORAGE CLOUD

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1 SECURE BACKUP SYSTEM DESKTOP AND MOBILE-PHONE SECURE BACKUP SYSTEM HOSTED ON A STORAGE CLOUD

2 The Project Team

3 AGENDA Introduction to cloud storage. Traditional backup solutions problems. Objectives of the project. Work progress & plan. Expected results & final product.

4 INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD STORAGE Cloud storage is a model of network online storage Data is stored on multiple virtual servers. People rent storage capacity depending on their needs. Cloud storage services may be accessed through API. Example of providers Amazon S3, RackSpace, Mozy.

5 CLOUD STORAGE Why Cloud Storage Companies need only pay for the storage they actually use. Companies do not need to install physical storage devices which reduce costs. Storage maintenance tasks, such as backup, data replication all done by provider. Merrill Lynch: 2012 = the annual global market for cloud computing will surge to $95 billion (Microsoft=$51 bil, Google=$16 bil, Amazon=$14 bil, Yahoo=$7 bil)

6 CLOUD STRUCTURE Cloud Benefits: Cloud = Less Investment (not own data center, hardware; use outside provider of servers, storage, and bandwidth) Cloud = Scale (tens of thousands of server computers) Cloud = Flexible and Efficiency

7 TRADITIONAL BACKUP PROBLEMS Storing backed up files on the same drive. Drive may become corrupted and all data are lost. Using tape or optical media: most of enterprise companies deals with huge amount of data so no time to store or restore all of these amount data. Needs a technical team to maintain and manage backups storage devices.

8 PROJECT OBJECTIVES We aim to provide a reliable backup solution: Easy to use and user friendly. It is Scalable and doesn t require user to upgrade or buy new drives. Secure by providing strong data encryption. Portable to run on many operating systems & platforms. Always available 24/7 service. Online cloud storage to access anywhere.

9 WORK PROGRESS & PLAN To accomplish the project we put a 5 phases plan Project idea & features suggesting phase. Requirements gathering phase. System design & implementation phase. Software testing and bug fixing phase. Software deployment phase. Finally presenting the project results

10 WORK PROGRESS & PLAN Project idea & features suggesting phase. Program that benefit from cloud storage in backup system. Provides a vast, robust and reliable place to store your data. Provides the user with the most secure storage place. Provides unlimited storage space and 99.99% of data availability. Extendable unlimited size users won t need to upgrade their storage devices or buy new units. Friendly User Interface through Desktop, Mobile, Web.

11 WORK PROGRESS & PLAN Requirement gathering phase. After searching and analysis we collected most of requirements needed to develop our project Storage cloud account (registered with famous provider Amazon S3). PC with multiple operating systems installed for testing purpose. An Android mobile phone to debug & test mobile version. A portable programming language (Java). Dump data to use in testing phase.

12 WORK PROGRESS & PLAN System design and implementation phase In this phase we started to design the system model and flow diagrams, charts and figures were drawn to illustrate the way system will act. The system is divided into two main operations: The backup operation: Collecting files Restore Operation: Compression & Encryption Upload & save Copying files to original location Decrypting & decompressing Downloading files

13 The backup operation: Collecting files Compression & Encryption Upload & save

14 Restore Operation: Copying files to original location Decrypting & decompressing Downloading files

15 WORK PROGRESS & PLAN System Design & implementation phase: The system model diagrams will be available soon on project website. Agile software development methodology will be used. For more info about Agile please visit The project is divided into two software products: PC version which will be developed in java and supports Windows OS. Mobile version which will be developed in java and supports Android powered smart phones.

16 WORK PROGRESS & PLAN System Design & implementation phase: The project is expected to be finished in four beta versions and two milestones then the final release Beta1: User interface skeleton and design. Beta2: File manipulation & encryption libraries implementation. Beta3: Cloud connection and bucket upload libraries. Beta4: Attaching all together and first tests.

17 EXPECTED RESULTS & FINAL PRODUCT As planned for this project the final result will be (Insha' Allah) PC software which will be able to collect user important files and backup them in storage cloud, allowing to retrieve it any where at any time. A mobile application which will backup user important contacts and files then keep it in secret place in storage cloud, allowing him to retrieve it any time so no contacts or files would be lost (Insha' Allah).

18 THANKS For more info please visit Copyright 2011: Umm Al-Qura Uni. Hajj CORE.