ITU Workshop on “Cloud Computing Standards –
Today and the Future”
(Geneva, Switzerland 14 November 2014)
Cloud Computing - Overview and
Vocabulary (Y.3500)
Eric A. Hibbard, CISSP, CISA
CTO Security & Privacy
Hitachi Data Systems
eric.hibbard@hds.com
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Background
Project initiated in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38
as ISO/IEC 17788 in Oct-2011;
progressed to Committee Draft (CD)
Established Collaborative Team (CTCCVOCAB) with ITU-T/SG 13 in Sep2012
Goal: Develop a common text standard
covering
Cloud Terminology
Core cloud concepts
Published in Aug-2014
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Overview of Standard
Both Rec. ITU-T Y.3500 and ISO/IEC
17788 published as “no-cost”
standards
Summary
10 page + wrapper material
Defines 37 terms (imports 7)
Cloud computing overview
Annex – Cloud service categories
Bibliography
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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
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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
SOURCE: Rec. ITU-T Y.3500 | ISO/IEC 17788:2014, Information
technology – Cloud computing – Overview and vocabulary
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Service Categories vs. Capability Types
The 7 defined cloud service categories
Cloud Service
Categories
Cloud Capabilities Types
Infrastructure
Compute as a Service
Data Storage as a Service
X
Infrastructure as a Service
X
Network as a Service
X
Software as a Service
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Application
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Communication as a Service
Platform as a Service
Platform
X
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Sample Use of Y.3500 (e.g., ISO)
ISO/IEC 27040
FDIS
ISO/IEC 270364
WD
ISO/IEC 27018:
2014
ITU-T X.CCControl |
ISO/IEC 27017
DIS
ISO/IEC 190864
NWIP
ITU-T Y.3500 |
ISO/IEC 17788
ISO/IEC 190861-3
WD & CD
ISO/IEC 19944
WD
ITU-T Y.3502 |
ISO/IEC 17789
ISO/IEC 19941
WD
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Actual
Expected
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Conclusions and Recommendations
Y.3500 has
stabilized the core
cloud terminology
Y.3500 is a little
different than
earlier works
(NIST); industry is
adjusting
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While challenging
to develop, Y.3500
is now getting
significant use
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