Putting the "Account'' into Cloud Accountability

Martin Jaatun, Siani Pearson

2019

Abstract

Security concerns are often cited as the most prominent reason for not using cloud computing, but customers of cloud users, especially end-users, frequently do not understand the need to control access to personal information. On the other hand, some users might understand the risk, and yet have inadequate means to address it. In order to make the Cloud a viable alternative for all, accountability of the service providers is key, and with the advent of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ignoring accountability is something providers in the EU market will do at their peril. To be able to hold cloud service providers accountable for how they manage personal, sensitive and confidential information, there is a need for mechanisms that can mitigate risk, identify emerging risks, monitor policy violations, manage any incidents, and provide redress. We believe that being able to offer accountability as part of the service provision will represent a competitive edge for service providers catering to discerning cloud customers, also outside the GDPR sphere of influence. This paper will outline the fundamentals of accountability, and provide more details on what the actual "account'' is all about.<br>

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Jaatun M. and Pearson S. (2019). Putting the "Account'' into Cloud Accountability.In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-365-0, pages 9-18. DOI: 10.5220/0008346000090018

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer19,
author={Martin Jaatun and Siani Pearson},
title={Putting the "Account'' into Cloud Accountability},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2019},
pages={9-18},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008346000090018},
isbn={978-989-758-365-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - Putting the "Account'' into Cloud Accountability
SN - 978-989-758-365-0
AU - Jaatun M.
AU - Pearson S.
PY - 2019
SP - 9
EP - 18
DO - 10.5220/0008346000090018