Legal Issues in Clouds:  Towards a Risk Inventory

Karim Djemame; Benno Barnitzke; Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci; Mariam Kiram; Ming Jiang; Django  Armstrong; Nikolaus Forgó; Iheanyi Nwankwo

doi:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0075

Legal Issues in Clouds: Towards a Risk Inventory

Karim Djemame^*, Benno Barnitzke, Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci, Mariam Kiram, Ming Jiang, Django Armstrong, Nikolaus Forgó, Iheanyi Nwankwo

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Abstract

Cloud computing technologies have reached a high level of development, yet a number of obstacles still exist that must be overcome before widespread commercial adoption can become a reality. In a cloud environment, end users requesting services and cloud providers negotiate service-level agreements (SLAs) that provide explicit statements of all expectations and obligations of the participants. If cloud computing is to experience widespread commercial adoption, then incorporating risk assessment techniques is essential during SLA negotiation and service operation. This article focuses on the legal issues surrounding risk assessment in cloud computing. Specifically, it analyses risk regarding data protection and security, and presents the requirements of an inherent risk inventory. The usefulness of such a risk inventory is described in the context of the OPTIMIS project.

Original language	English
Journal	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume	371
Issue number	1983
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Number of pages	17
ISSN	1364-503X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0075
Publication status	Published - 28 Jan 2013

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Faculty of Law
Risk Assessment, Legal Risks, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Mutual Trust, Data Security, Legal Risk Inventory

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