Nist Cloud Security Reference Architecture

This actor role based model used the guiding principles of the nist cloud computing reference architecture to develop an eleven component model.

Nist cloud security reference architecture.

This document describes these components individually and how they function as an ensemble. Nist sp 500 292 nist cloud computing reference architecture ii reports on computer systems technology the information technology laboratory itl at the national institute of standards and technology nist promotes the u s. Nist special publication 500 292 nist cloud computing reference architecture september 2011 nist special publication 500 293 us government cloud computing technology roadmap volume i and volume ii october 2014 nist special publication 500 299 nist cloud computing security reference architecture draft nist special publication 500 316. Security and privacy controls for cloud based federal information systems.

Economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the nation s. A fundamental reference point based on the nist definition of cloud computing is needed to describe an overall framework that can be used government wide. The nist cloud computing security reference architecture provides a security overlay to the nist cloud computing reference architecture published in 2011. This document presents the nist federated cloud reference architecture model.

Overview of the nist cybersecurity framework functions categories subcategories informative reference identify protect detect respond. Ii provides for each cloud actor the core set of security components that fall under their. Security reference architecture 7. The national institute of standards and technology nist has been designated by federal the chief information officer cio to accelerate the federal government s secure adoption of cloud computing by leading efforts to identify existing standards and guidelines.

National institute of standards and technology u s. Nist cloud security reference architecture functional capabilities nist sp 800 174. Nist sp 500 291 version 2 has been collaboratively authored by the nist cloud computing standards roadmap working group. Nist cloud computing.

Nist cloud computing 6. I identifies a core set of security components that can be implemented in a cloud ecosystem to secure the environment the operations and the data migrated to the cloud. As of the date of this publication there are over one thousand working group participants from industry academia and government.