The pair of documents were designed to help federal agencies identify cloud standards they should adhere to when moving to the cloud, the various categories of cloud services that can be used across ...

Get a complete overview of the actors and their roles and the necessary architectural components for managing and providing cloud services. The adoption of cloud computing into the U.S. Government and ...

This white paper examines the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture in a two-part series. The first part covers the cloud players and their roles and responsibilities. The second part focuses on ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of the US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and II. The roadmap focuses on strategic ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference ...

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This NIST graphic, taken from the new draft security reference architecture, illustrates the capabilities of cloud computing in various contexts. The National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft "roadmap" that is designed to foster federal agencies' adoption of cloud ...

This second white paper in a series on Cloud Computing Reference Architecture focuses on the activities, processes, and requirements that cloud players need to follow in order to ensure a successful ...