Silver Clouds, Dark Linings: A Concise Guide to Cloud Computing Book

Preface

Part I: Shift Happens!

1 Introduction

The Cloud Services Market

Cloud Services Benefits

Benefits of Cloud Services

Summary of Benefits

What Is Cloud?

The NIST Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing

The NIST Service Models of Cloud Computing

The NIST Deployment Models of Cloud Computing

What Can Cloud Do for Me?

Summary

Endnotes

2 Evolution or Revolution?

Cloud Capabilities

Benefits Versus Risks

Summary

3 Reflections on the Shift

Endnotes

Part II: The Cloud Service Alphabet Soup

4 Introduction to Cloud Services

Cloud Usage Models

Cloud Architecture: High Level

Public Cloud Architectures

Private and Hybrid Cloud Architectures

Cloud Architecture in Depth

Software as a Service

Platform as a Service

Infrastructure as a Service

Cloud Architecture Conclusions

Endnotes

5 State of the Industry

Cloud Services Create New Markets and New Threats

New Markets

New Threats

Standards

Assurance in the Cloud

Summary

Endnotes

6 Reflections on Cloud Services

Endnotes

Part III: Life in the Cloud–Planning and Managing the Cloud

7 Introduction to Cloud Planning

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture and Design

Service-Oriented Architecture

Data and Application Interoperability

Data in the Cloud

Recovering Data from the Cloud

Managing Workloads in the Cloud

Governance and Management

Security

Summary

Endnotes

8 Cloud Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Risk Management

Governance

Compliance

Cohesive GRC

Cloud GRC Model

Cloud Service Portfolio Governance

Cloud Service Consumer/Producer Governance

Cloud Asset Vitality

Cloud Organization Governance

GRC Is a Process, Not a Project!

Summary

Endnotes

9 Cloud Business Risk and Security

Risks Associated with Cloud Services

Where Do I Start?

The Cloud Security Alliance

Framing the Security Discussion

Risk and Trust

Data Use and Classification

Audits, Logs, eDiscovery, and Digital Forensics

Encryption

International Issues

Identity and Privacy Management

Identity Management in the Cloud

Infrastructure Security

Physical Security

Legal Issues

Strategic Security

Summary

Endnotes

10 Cloud Operations, Administration, and Management

Standardized Processes and Tools

Operating Cloud Services

Self-Service

Cloud Service Management

Model-Driven Management

Policy Management

Metering and Billing

Cloud Service Provider Management

Summary

11 Reflections on Life in the Cloud

Part IV: GPS to the Cloud…Where to Now?

12 Creating a Successful Cloud Roadmap

Crossing Your Chasms

Risk Realization Chasm

Wider Acceptance Chasm

Best Practices Chasm

Business Case Chasm

Avoiding the Inevitable Chasm

Planning Your Journey

13 Conclusion

Big Data

Big Architecture

Communications, Networking, and the Interconnectedness of All Things

Privacy

The Rise of the Broker

The Rise of Community Clouds

Rapidly Changing Billing Models

Silver Clouds, Dark Linings

Endnotes