DOCUMENT #: GSC15-PLEN-62

FOR: Presentation

SOURCE: ISACC

AGENDA ITEM: Opening Plenary (6.14)

CONTACT(S): Jim MacFie

Cloud Computing

Jim MacFieChairman, ISACC

Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) GSC-15

Highlight of Current Activities

The ISACC Plenary on May 6, 2010, was devoted to cloud computing

Seven members from the public and private sector presented their views on the evolution of cloud computing and the outstanding cloud computing issues

ISACC members are active in the ITU-T Cloud Computing Focus Group and in ISO/IEC JTC 1 Subcommittee 38

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Virtuous Cycles of Growth in History

Electric Grids

Global Phone Systems

Internet

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Virtuous Cycle Enablers New technologies promoted greater inclusion by expanding

access to markets and resources Industry standards and norms developed for connectivity and

use that market participants relied upon in building new products and services to address emerging needs

New technologies gained greater value when privately developed systems were linked

New technology environments provided venues that people grew to trust for facilitating commerce

New technology environments provided greater opportunities for competition among market participants for consumers’ business

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Cloud Computing

Pay-per-use, available, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared

pool of configurable computing resources

that can be rapidly provisioned and released

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Potential Virtuous Cycle for Cloud

Cloud Computing

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Virtuous Cycle Enablers for Cloud Cloud technologies facilitate communication between new and existing

cloud services and infrastructure from a wide range of global market participants

Cloud computing supports interoperability scenarios relating to identity and authorization technologies used to securely span across cloud providers

Cloud computing becomes a trusted foundation for new development, so that businesses freely invest in building on top of the cloud

• Secure, stable, and predictable performance

• Transparency on security, privacy, and management policies within the cloud, including how data is protected  

Cloud computing solutions promote competition by respecting the fact that cloud users generally have rights related to the data that they create and maintain in the cloud, so that users have the ability to exercise their choice to extract such data

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Role for Standards in the Cloud

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Next Steps/Actions ISACC recognizes the promise of cloud computing

ISACC perceives some potential policy impediments that must be addressed if cloud is to achieve its full potential, for example:

• Forensic data investigation and rules of evidence requirements

• Audit requirements

• Privacy and security requirements

• Regulatory status of cloud service offerings

• National sovereignty 

ISACC 43rd Plenary (May 6) on cloud computing recommended the formation of a Rapporteur Group to develop Canadian positions on these policy issues

ISACC is supportive of collaborative efforts among GSC Members on cloud computing

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Proposed Resolution

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