Improving Cloud Assurance and Transparency Through Accountability Mechanisms
Accountability is a critical prerequisite for effective governance and control of corporate and private data processed by cloud-based information technology services. This chapter clarifies how accountability tools and practices can enhance cloud assurance and transparency in a variety of ways. Relevant techniques and terminologies are presented, and a scenario is considered to illustrate the related issues. In addition, some related examples are provided involving cutting-edge research and development in fields like risk management, security and Privacy Level Agreements and continuous security monitoring. The provided arguments seek to justify the use of accountability-based approaches for providing an improved basis for consumers’ trust in cloud computing and thereby can benefit from the uptake of this technology.
Siani Pearson, Jesus Luna, Christoph Reich, "Improving Cloud Assurance and Transparency Through Accountability Mechanisms", Guide to Security Assurance for Cloud Computing, Part of the series Computer Communications and Networks, Pages 139-169, Print ISBN 978-3-319-25986-4, Online ISBN 978-3-319-25988-8, Springer International Publishing, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25988-8_9.