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ITL Bulletin

Cloud Computing: A Review of Features, Benefits, and Risks, and Recommendations for Secure, Efficient Implementations

Date Published: June 2012

Author(s)

Shirley Radack (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

cloud computing; data confidentiality; data integrity; information security; Infrastructure as a Service; Platform as a Service; risk assessment; risk management; security controls; Software as a Service; system availability; system security
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
June 2012 ITL Bulletin (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
06/27/12: ITL Bulletin (Final)

Topics

Technologies

cloud & virtualization