In the modern age of technology, the term cloud computing is getting hype day by day. Cloud computing platform works based on on-demand services on the Internet due to the virtualization environment. The basic feature of this technology is that it provides pay as you use the model in which users are free to invest in the heavy cost of infrastructure and the only cost is linked with the utilization of the services. Due to the scalability, flexibility, and virtualization features customers do not feel secure to use this versatile platform. Regardless of its benefits it also has a lot of security risks and threats those are associated with cloud computing like authentication mechanisms, multi-tenant, virtualization, traditional security risks of the CIA model, data segregation, and privacy. Cloud service providers provide the service to the cloud customers that delivers services by using web technology that arises new security threats. This chapter introduces a detailed literature review to perform an analysis of the information security threats associated with cloud computing and some suggestions. A literature review has been conducted on the information security issues associated with cloud service providers and users. Additionally, the chapter also describes cloud services, models, cloud technologies, and cloud security concepts along with offering recommendations to enhance data security, user privacy, and mitigate these concerns. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.