Objectives of cloud security architecture tool csat innovatesimplifyautomate to demonstrate how the nist cybersecurity framework can be aligned with the rmf and implemented using established nist risk management processes. The national institute of standards and technology, special publication 500292 discusses how the adoption of cloud computing into the federal government. Nist cloud federation computing reference architecture cfra and. It defines an enterprise architecture by the interrelationship between an enterprises business, information, and technology environments developed late1980s by the national institute of standards and technology nist and others, the federal government of. Cloud service models and trends in order to ensure vendors bidding on the solicitation fully understand the procurement, careful attention needs to be paid to defining the roles and responsibilities for activities within scope of. Evaluation of cloud computing services based on nist 800145. Cloudy with showers of business opportunities and nist and.
Nist sp 500292 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. Nist cloud computing reference architecture wibe tco tcbo. Information security continuous monitoring for federal information systems and organizations. Each actor plays a role and performs a set of activities and functions. Nist amazon web services aws cloud computing services. Search search publication record data not a full text search sort by results. Nist cloud computing reference architecture actors and their roles. Whereas most of the cloud computing reference architectures, models and frameworks proposed today apply to a single perspective. Detection of new attacks on ubiquitous services in cloud. Nist cloud computing reference architecture slideshare. Nist has also produced a usg cloud computing standards and technology roadmap nist sp 500293, 2014, which discusses and highlights a set of high priority requirements for the adoption of cloud computing.
Nist enterprise architecture model nist ea model is a late1980s reference model for enterprise architecture. The nist cloud federation reference architecture nist. The nist cloud federation reference architecture draft for. Nist has also published a cloud computing reference architecture4. Nist cloud computing reference architecture nist big data. The tasks include the delivery of a cloud computing security reference architecture sp 500299 recently renumbered to sp 800200. Nist cloud computing security reference architecture. Cloud computing reference architectures, models and frameworks. Security practice guide for vmware hybrid cloud infrastructure as a service iaas environments. Nist special publication 500292, nist cloud computing reference architecture, september 2011 909505. The goal is to accelerate the federal governments adoption of secure and effective cloud computing to reduce costs and. Nist cloud computing standards roadmap xi foreword this is the second edition of the nist cloud computing standards roadmap, which has been developed by the members of the public nist cloud computing standards roadmap working group. Use this quick start to deploy a standardized architecture for nist, omb tic fedramp, and dod cloud srg on the aws cloud. Sp 500299 draft nist cloud computing security reference architecture.
Cloud brokers provides a single point of entry to manage multiple cloud services for business or technical purposes. Cloud computing has been defined by nist as a model for enabling convenient, ondemand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources e. This quick start also includes a security controls reference, which maps security controls architecture decisions, features, and configuration of the baseline. The model is not tied to any specific vendor products, services, or reference. The nist cloud computing reference architecture is a generic highlevel conceptual model that is a powerful tool for discussing the requirements, structures, and operations of cloud computing. This actorrole based model used the guiding principles of the nist cloud computing reference architecture to develop an eleven component model. Information technology laboratory cloud computing program cloud provider the nist cloud computing.
Gsa white paper best practices for effective cloud. This is an approach based on client authentication data. It is not our intention to detail and critique them all individually. The goal is to accelerate the federal governments adoption of secure and effective cloud computing to. This technique allows to detect the abnormal use of ubiquitous service and prevents the intrusion of cloud computing. Michaela iorga, senior security technical lead for cloud computing cochair, cloud security wg. We base ourselves on client authentication in the computing cloud.
An overview of the nist cloud computing program and. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the national institute of standards and technology. Information technology laboratory cloud computing program nist cloud computing reference architecture toplevel view the nist cloud computing reference architecture consists of five major actors. Our ids provides intrusion detection inside and outside cloud computing network.
Robert bohn, nist cc reference architecture working group lead. The ibm cloud computing reference architecture ccra is a blueprint to guide ibm development teams and field practitioners in the design of public and private clouds. Cloud computing cc reference architecture ra version 1. This paper presents the first version of the nist cloud computing reference architecture ra. It has been created from the collective experiences of hundreds of cloud client engagements and implementation of ibmhosted clouds. A fundamental reference point, based on the nist definition of cloud computing, is needed to describe an overall framework that can be used governmentwide. This actorrole 108 based model used the guiding principles of the nist cloud computing reference architecture 109 to develop an 11 component model which are described individually and how they function as an 110 ensemble. The nist definition characterizes important aspects of cloud computing and is intended to serve as a means for broad comparisons of cloud services anddeployment strategies, and to provide a baseline for discussion from what is cloud computing to how to best use cloud computing. Nist cloud federation computing reference architecture cfra. Current cloud computing reference architecture, models and frameworks as discussed there are many frameworks and models to choose from. The goal of the incubator is to define a set of architectural semantics that unify the. Pdf this paper presents the first version of the nist cloud computing reference architecture ra. This document describes these components individually and how they function as an ensemble.
Nist has also produced a roadmap for usg cloud computing. This document presents the nist federated cloud reference architecture model. How to guides the nist cybersecurity practice guide sp 180019, trusted cloud. California enterprise architecture framework cloud. Cloudy with showers of business opportunities and and a good chance of security and accountability dr. The nist cloud federation reference architecture draft for public. Figure 21 nist based visual model of cloud computing. The purpose of this document is to define a nist cloud computing security reference architecture nccsraa framework that. Challenging security requirements for the us government cloud computing adoption 7 nist sp 800145, the nist definition of cloud computing9 nist sp 800146, cloud computing synopsis and recommendations10 draft cloud computing security guidance to include nist sp 8007. The nist cloud computing reference architecture consists of five major actors. Nist sp 500299, nist cloud computing security reference architecture for the sake of brevity, sra provides a comprehensive formal model to serve as a security overlay to the architecture described in nist sp 500292, nist cloud computing reference architecture 3, and also describes a methodology for using a comprehensive set of. Standardized architecture for nist based assurance frameworks on the aws cloud.
Recommendations of the national institute of standards and technology open pdf 1 mb the adoption of cloud computing into the us government usg and its implementation depend upon a. Guidelines on security and privacy in public cloud computing. Nist and describes standards research in support of the nist cloud computing program. This edition includes updates to the information on portability, interoperability, and security. Nist sp 500322 evaluation of cloud computing services based on nist 800145. The technologyagnostic cloud computing reference architecture ra introduced by nist in nist sp 500 292 is a logical extension of nist s cloud computing definition. Download the trusted geolocation in the cloud project description pdf for further details. In such cases, a cloud consumer may request cloud services from a cloud broker, instead of contacting a cloud provider directly, according to nist cloud computing reference architecture. Pdf nist cloud computing reference architecture researchgate. These templates can be integrated with aws service catalog to automate building a standardized baseline architecture workload that falls in scope for nist 80053 revision 4 and nist 800171. This is the second edition of the nist cloud computing standards roadmap, which has been developed by the members of the public nist cloud computing standards roadmap working group. Cloud computing architecture cloud computing architecture comprises of many cloud components, which are loosely coupled. As shown in figure 1, this architecture outlines the five major roles of cloud consumer, produce, broker, auditor, and carrier.
This document presents the nist cloud computing reference architecture ra and taxonomy tax that will accurately communicate the components and offerings of cloud computing. Draft nist sp 500299 may 5, 20 draft this draft document was developed as part of a collective effort by the nist cloud computing public security working group in response to the priority action plans for the early usg cloud computing adoption identified in nist sp 500293. Nist cloud computing reference architecture ieee xplore. Certain commercial entities, equipment, or material may be identified in this document in order to describe a concept adequately. The adoption of cloud computing into the federal government and its implementation depend upon a variety of technical and nontechnical. The nccoe recently released a preliminary draft of volume c. The national institute of standards and technology is the authoritative source for the definition of numerous cloud computing. Quick start reference deployment standardized architecture for nist based assurance frameworks on aws.
It mentions a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Us government cloud computing technology roadmap, volume i ix executive summary the national institute of standards and technology nist, consistent with its mission,1 has a technology leadership role in support of united states government usg secure and effective adoption of the cloud computing model2 to reduce costs and improve services. Chief information officer cio tasked the national institute of standards and technology nist, along with other agencies, with specific activities aimed at accelerating the adoption of cloud computing. Nist cloud computing reference architecture ccra within the resource abstraction and control layer and hardware layer.