Download or read book Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing written by National Institute of Standard Sand Technology and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NIST Special Publication 800-144 - Cloud computing can and does mean different things to different people. The common characteristics most interpretations share are on-demand scalability of highly available and reliable pooled computing resources, secure access to metered services from nearly anywhere, and displacement of data and services from inside to outside the organization. While aspects of these characteristics have been realized to a certain extent, cloud computing remains a work in progress. This publication provides an overview of the security and privacy challenges pertinent to public cloud computing and points out considerations organizations should take when outsourcing data, applications, and infrastructure to a public cloud environment.~