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NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture

The NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture provides a taxonomy and reference model to standardize cloud computing and accelerate its adoption by the US federal government. It defines three service models - SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS - and five essential cloud characteristics. The reference architecture depicts the conceptual relationships between cloud consumers, providers, brokers, auditors and carriers to establish a common framework for cloud services.

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NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture

The NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture provides a taxonomy and reference model to standardize cloud computing and accelerate its adoption by the US federal government. It defines three service models - SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS - and five essential cloud characteristics. The reference architecture depicts the conceptual relationships between cloud consumers, providers, brokers, auditors and carriers to establish a common framework for cloud services.

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NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture

1. Background

NIST : The goal is to accelerate the federal


government’s adoption of secure and effective
cloud computing to reduce costs and improve
services.
NIST working group

- Cloud Computing Target Business Use Cases


- Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Taxonomy
- Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap
- Cloud Computing SAJACC (Standards Acceleration to
Jumpstart the Adoption of Cloud Computing)
- Cloud Computing Security
2. Objectives

Provides a simple and unambiguous taxonomy of


three service models
- Software as a service (SaaS)
- Platform as a service (PaaS)
- Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

(Private cloud, Community cloud, Public cloud, and


Hybrid cloud)
Provides a unifying view of five essential
characteristics

- On-demand self-service
- Broad network access
- Resource pooling
- Rapid elasticity
- Measured service

The project team developed a Strawman


model of architectural concepts
3. Cloud Computing Reference Architecture

Figure 1: The Conceptual Reference Model


Figure 2: Interactions between the Actors in Cloud Computing
(dedicated and encrypted connection) (capability, flexibility and functionality)
Cloud Consumer
Cloud Provider

Figure 7: Cloud Provider - Major Activities


Cloud Auditor => security controls, privacy impact,
performance

Cloud Broker => intermediation, aggregation,


arbitrage
Cloud Carrier
provides connectivity and transport of cloud
services between cloud consumers and cloud
providers (network, telecommunication, access
devices )
Figure 17: Cloud Taxonomy

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