NIST CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS ROADMAP
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 1
2 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 NIST CLOUD COMPUTING VISION ............................................................................................................... 6
2.3 NIST CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS ROADMAP WORKING GROUP ............................................. 7
2.4 HOW THIS REPORT WAS PRODUCED .......................................................................................................... 7
3 THE NIST DEFINITION OF CLOUD COMPUTING ....................................................................................... 8
4 CLOUD COMPUTING REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE...............................................................................11
4.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................................11
4.2 CLOUD CONSUMER ........................................................................................................................................14
4.3 CLOUD PROVIDER ..........................................................................................................................................16
4.3.1 SERVICE DEPLOYMENT .........................................................................................................................17
4.3.2 SERVICEORCHESTRATION ....................................................................................................................18
4.3.3 CLOUD SERVICE MANAGEMENT .........................................................................................................19
4.3.4 SECURITY .................................................................................................................................................20
4.3.5 PRIVACY ...................................................................................................................................................21
4.4 CLOUD AUDITOR ............................................................................................................................................23
4.5 CLOUD BROKER ..............................................................................................................................................23
4.6 CLOUD CARRIER .............................................................................................................................................24
5 CLOUD COMPUTING USE CASES ...................................................................................................................25
5.1 BUSINESS USE CASES ....................................................................................................................................25
5.2 TECHNICAL USE CASES ................................................................................................................................26
5.3 DEPLOYMENT SCENARIO PERSPECTIVE ..................................................................................................26
6 CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS ................................................................................................................32
6.1 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (IT) STANDARDS LIFE CYCLE .............32
6.2 THE ROLE OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT TO STANDARDS ...............................................................33
6.2.1 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................34
6.2.2 GOVERNMENT USE OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS .......................................................35
6.2.3 VISUALIZATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCESSES ........................................................36
6.2.4 CURRENT STATE OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT IN CLOUD COMPUTING .................................38
6.3 CATEGORIZING THE STATUS OF STANDARDS .......................................................................................39
6.4 CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS FOR INTEROPERABILITY AND PORTABILITY .........................40
6.4.1 CLOUD STANDARDS FOR INTEROPERABILITY ..........................................................................40
6.4.2 CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS FOR PORTABILITY ...........................................................42
6.4.3 SUMMARY ON INTEROPERABILITY AND PORTABILITY ..........................................................43
6.5 CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS FOR SECURITY ................................................................................44
6.6 CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS FOR PERFORMANCE ......................................................................47
6.6.1 CLOUD STANDARDS FOR SERVICE AGREEMENTS ...........................................................................48
6.6.2 CLOUD STANDARDS FOR MONITORING .............................................................................................49
6.7 CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY ......................................................................49
7 CLOUD COMPUTING STANDARDS MAPPING ............................................................................................51
7.1 SECURITY STANDARDS MAPPING .............................................................................................................52
7.2 INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS MAPPING ...........................................................................................58
7.3 PORTABILITY STANDARDS MAPPING .......................................................................................................59