**1. Introduction**

Cloud computing is vastly increasing in demand for its popularity. Cloud services deliver up to its expectations if properly maintained. Users choose cloud because the cost is affordable, is easy to access, and has a positive uptime. Unfortunately, a high number of cloud users face difficulties when issues arise such as the frightening news about data confidentiality and integrity which gets posted online all the time, and they are in darkness when such situations occur [1]. In this modern age, cloud computing has been progressively popular within the IT organizations, and we notice many institutes are moving most of their IT services towards the cloud services here in Fiji to improve their information communication technology (ICT) service delivery to the clients or stakeholders. It is important for any organization to do an appropriate background research before making decisions of upgrading for which type of cloud services they are acquiring, depending on the organization's requirements. Many organizations prefer a private cloud infrastructure which has many advantages compared to the public cloud and hybrid cloud services; however, administrators tend to overlook that private cloud infrastructure comes with an exceptional set of challenges and risks. Cloud computing security service categories are identified and illustrated as follows:

