On the Next Generation of Cloud Computing and Cloud Operations Centres

I am going to spend more R&D time in the intersection of Cloud Computing & Security.

The area of cloud computing is getting increasingly busy, with various organisations providing solutions targeting the IaaS, PaaS and SaaS levels.

However, in my view there are still major outstanding questions and issues to be addressed, including:

• Security and Privacy across various boundaries
• Assurance and governance for the involved parties
• Dynamic management of SLAs and policies across the involved parties
• Effective Cloud Operation Centres
• Effective migration of services and information in the Cloud

From a security and privacy perspective it becomes increasingly relevant a trustworthy and reliable exchange of information between the involved parties (organisations, service providers in the cloud, etc.), as well as sharing of threat intelligence.

In this context, I am exploring:

• The next generation of Security Event & Incident Management Processes in the Cloud
• Models for the provision of Cloud Operation Centres
• Information flow exchange, to underpin some of the above aspects
• Application of Security Analytics methodology in the Cloud

All these capabilities could be offered as a Service, in the context of the next generation of Cloud Operations Centres.

What is your view? What is coming next in the Cloud?

--- Posted by Marco Casassa Mont (here and here) ---

--- NOTE: use this mirror blog if you prefer posting on an external blog site ---

--- NOTE: my original HP blog can be found here ---