Data acquisition increases tremendously through various data acquisition devices from various sectors in the recent past. Hence, larger storage and computing units are necessary to store and process these data to take data-driven decisions. Therefore, cloud environment is employed to store and process these data to make data-driven decision. The cloud can be categorized into three types such as public, private and hybrid cloud based on the data being stored and computed. Public cloud contains the public data and services rendered to the public based on their own demand. Private cloud contains private data concerned to an individual organization or a company and such data can be processed for the individual organization. The hybrid cloud combines the characteristics of both public and private cloud. Securing the cloud is a challenging task. Hence, many researchers conducted their research with the focuses on securing the cloud. This paper presents study on various measures reported by the researchers for securing the cloud