Abstract
Cloud computing is emerging as a powerful solution to ever-growing storage and processing requirements of an organization and individual without the burden of owning and handling the physical devices. Security is one of the primary concerns in cloud computing for large-scale implementation. Intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) techniques can be applied to secure against intruders. In this paper, we have studied different IDP techniques comprehensively and analyzed their respective strengths and weaknesses on various parameters to provide security in cloud computing. Hypervisor-based and distributed IDS have shown promising security features in cloud computing environment in comparison with traditional IDP techniques.