Identity Management in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing offers a rich set of services by pay per use basis. The features and technology offered by various providers created a great competitive market for the business. The various security issues are attracting attention, one of which is identity and privacy of the cloud user. Users are varied about the privacy of information which they have given to the provider at the time of registration. We present an analysis of various identity management systems and proposing a simple trust based scheme for a cloud computing application and service. General Terms Cloud Computing, Identity, Identity Management, Trust.