Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CloudCom.2012.6427512
