Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November 2014 Cloud Computing - Overview and Vocabulary (Y.3500) Eric A. Hibbard, CISSP, CISA CTO Security & Privacy Hitachi Data Systems ITU Workshop on “Cloud Computing Standards – Today and the Future” (Geneva, Switzerland 14 November 2014)
Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November Background Project initiated in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 as ISO/IEC in Oct-2011; progressed to Committee Draft (CD) Established Collaborative Team (CT- CCVOCAB) with ITU-T/SG 13 in Sep Goal: Develop a common text standard covering Cloud Terminology Core cloud concepts Published in Aug-2014
Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November Overview of Standard Both Rec. ITU-T Y.3500 and ISO/IEC published as “no-cost” standards Summary 10 page + wrapper material Defines 37 terms (imports 7) Cloud computing overview Annex – Cloud service categories Bibliography
Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November Cloud Computing Overview Key characteristics Cloud computing roles & activities Cloud deployment models Cloud capability types & cloud services categories Cloud deployment models Cloud computing cross cutting aspects
Cloud Computing paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November SOURCE: Rec. ITU-T Y.3500 | ISO/IEC 17788:2014, Information technology – Cloud computing – Overview and vocabulary
Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November The 7 defined cloud service categories Service Categories vs. Capability Types Cloud Service Categories Cloud Capabilities Types InfrastructurePlatformApplication Compute as a Service X Communication as a Service XX Data Storage as a Service XXX Infrastructure as a Service X Network as a Service XXX Platform as a Service X Software as a Service X
Sample Use of Y.3500 (e.g., ISO) Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November Actual Expected ITU-T Y.3500 | ISO/IEC ITU-T Y.3502 | ISO/IEC ISO/IEC WD & CD ISO/IEC WD & CD ISO/IEC FDIS ISO/IEC FDIS ISO/IEC 27018: 2014 ITU-T X.CC- Control | ISO/IEC DIS ITU-T X.CC- Control | ISO/IEC DIS ISO/IEC NWIP ISO/IEC NWIP ISO/IEC WD ISO/IEC WD ISO/IEC WD ISO/IEC WD ISO/IEC WD ISO/IEC WD
Conclusions and Recommendations Y.3500 has stabilized the core cloud terminology Y.3500 is a little different than earlier works (NIST); industry is adjusting While challenging to develop, Y.3500 is now getting significant use Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November