CLaw: IEEE 1st International Workshop on Legal and Technical Issues in Cloud Computing

Thursday, March 12, 2015

The CLaw: IEEE 1st International Workshop on Legal and Technical Issues in Cloud Computing will be held on 12 March 2015, in Tempe, Arizona, USA, as part of IC2E 2015: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering. This workshop brings together legal and technical practitioners to explore technical solutions to legal problems, and to provide a legal framework for new emerging patterns in cloud computing.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Privacy and security in cloud services
Application of cloud computing in regulated sectors
Encryption, security and responsibility
Audit and proof of compliance
Regional cloud initiatives (e.g. EU-only cloud), and other data geographical location concerns
Internet of Things: threats, legal and compliance concerns of 'fog' computing.
Crime, malware and spam proliferation within cloud computing
Compatibility issues between regulation and technical reality
Technical enforcement of legal regulations