Accountability for cloud and other future Internet services

Author

Pearson, Siani ; Tountopoulos, V. ; Catteddu, D. ; Sudholt, Mario ; Molva, Refik ; Reich, Christoph ; Fischer-Hubner, Simone ; Millard, Christopher ; Lotz, V. ; Jaatun, Martin Gilje ; Leenes, R. ; Chunming Rong ; Lopez, J.

Author_Institution

HP Labs., Bristol, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

3-6 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

629

Lastpage

632

Abstract

Cloud and IT service providers should act as responsible stewards for the data of their customers and users. However, the current absence of accountability frameworks for distributed IT services makes it difficult for users to understand, influence and determine how their service providers honour their obligations. The A4Cloud project will create solutions to support users in deciding and tracking how their data is used by cloud service providers. By combining methods of risk analysis, policy enforcement, monitoring and compliance auditing with tailored IT mechanisms for security, assurance and redress, A4Cloud aims to extend accountability across entire cloud service value chains, covering personal and business sensitive information in the cloud.

Keywords

cloud computing; risk analysis; security of data; A4Cloud project; IT service providers; business sensitive information; cloud accountability frameworks; cloud service providers; cloud service value chains; compliance auditing; distributed IT services; future Internet services; monitoring method; personal sensitive information; policy enforcement; risk analysis; security; Biological system modeling; Business; Cloud computing; Educational institutions; Law; Monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), 2012 IEEE 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4511-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4509-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CloudCom.2012.6427512

Filename

6427512