1. Cloud Storage-as-a-Service and Course Reflection
This is a type of company or organization responsible for providing services to the customers with the ability of retain and store data.
Introduction

2. Cloud Storage-as-a-service Providers
Also called the (MSP), Managed Service Provider.
The files and data stored can only be accessed through the internet.
They provide non-storage services.
Customers are able to download and upload files and documents for free.
The cloud providers has applications that enable windows which allow customers to manipulate and edit their documents or videos. (Di Pietro, et al 2017)

3. Technology involved to implement a cloud-based technology
Use of software tools like the .
Creation of Backup resources to safeguard the information.
Providing and computing public and private storage channels.
These technologies used are implemented in the company to identify the objectives and the goals to be achieved in a specific duration of time. Normaly to conduct quality services for the customer.

4. Registration and Authentication process
Surveying Literature- involves checking of required passwords.
Architectural system that identifies the structure of the provider company.
Verification.
Security measures and analysis.
It is important for a cloud service provider to undergo these processes to identify methodologies and strategies to improve its development.

5. Encryption technology
Encryption of the disk
Data protection at rest
Use of encrypted tapes
Data encryption is important to prevent any leak information to an unauthorized personnel.

6. Ethics and privacy policies
Accountability.
Limitation collection.
Quality of the Data.
Openness to internet information.
Individual Participation.
For a company to embrace these policies, then they should be accessible, straight forward and clear to the customers.

7. Conclusion
Any provider company should act in the interests of the customer to ensure that the information translated in the systems are safe and protected.

8. Reference
Vu, Q. H., Colombo, M., Asal, R., Sajjad, A., El-Moussa, F. A., & Dimitrakos, T. (2015, September). Secure Cloud Storage: A framework for Data Protection as a Service in the multi-cloud environment. In Communications and Network Security (CNS), 2015 IEEE Conference on (pp ). IEEE.
Di Pietro, R., Scarpa, M., Giacobbe, M., & Puliafito, A. (2017, September). Secure Storage as a Service in Multi-Cloud Environment. In International Conference on Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless (pp ). Springer, Cham.
Key points derived from these references.