Title :
Usage Management in Cloud Computing
Author :
Jamkhedkar, Pramod A. ; Lamb, Christopher C. ; Heileman, Gregory L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
User concerns regarding data handling within the cloud will gain increasing importance as cloud computing becomes more pervasive. Existing service level agreement (SLA) frameworks are not designed for flexibly handling even relatively straightforward usage policies. This paper introduces the notion and importance of usage management in cloud computing. It provides an analysis of features and challenges involved in deploying a usage management framework over a distributed cloud environment to enable automated and actionable interpretation, reasoning and enforcement of usage policies. Finally, a preliminary architecture for such a framework is proposed.
Keywords :
authorisation; cloud computing; data handling; cloud computing; data handling; distributed cloud environment; service level agreement framework; usage management framework; Cloud computing; Cognition; Distributed databases; Measurement; Ontologies; Quality of service; Security; access control; cloud security; service level agreements; usage management;
Conference_Titel :
Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0836-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2159-6182
DOI :
10.1109/CLOUD.2011.112
