Nist Cloud Security Reference Architecture
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Nist cloud security reference architecture. A fundamental reference point based on the nist definition of cloud computing is needed to describe an overall framework that can be used government wide. This document presents the nist federated cloud reference architecture model. Nist special publication 500 299. Nist cloud security reference architecture functional capabilities nist sp 800 174.
Nist cloud computing 6. Ii provides for each cloud actor the core set of security components that fall under their. I identifies a core set of security components that can be implemented in a cloud ecosystem to secure the environment the operations and the data migrated to the cloud. The national institute of standards and technology nist has been designated by federal the chief information officer cio to accelerate the federal government s secure adoption of cloud computing by leading efforts to identify existing standards and guidelines.
Security and privacy controls for cloud based federal information systems. This actor role based model used the guiding principles of the nist cloud computing reference architecture to develop an eleven component model. Economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the nation s. Nist sp 500 291 version 2 has been collaboratively authored by the nist cloud computing standards roadmap working group.
The nist cloud computing security reference architecture provides a security overlay to the nist cloud computing reference architecture published in 2011. This document presents the nist cloud computing reference architecture ra and taxonomy tax that will accurately communicate the components and offerings of cloud computing. The purpose of this document is to define a nist cloud computing security reference architecture ncc sra a framework that. Nist cloud computing.
As of the date of this publication there are over one thousand working group participants from industry academia and government. This document describes these components individually and how they function as an ensemble. Security reference architecture 7.