

The work is also suitable as a textbook for university instructors, with the outline for a possible course structure suggested in the preface. This Guide to Security Assurance for Cloud Computing will be of great benefit to a broad audience covering enterprise architects, business analysts and leaders, IT infrastructure managers, cloud security engineers and consultants, and application developers involved in system design and implementation. Includes review questions at the end of each chapter.Highlights the practicalities of cloud security, and how applications can assure and comply with legislation.Discusses real-world vulnerabilities of cloud-based software in order to address the challenges of securing distributed software.Provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings.Reviews pertinent issues in relation to challenges that prevent organizations moving to cloud architectures.Presents applications and approaches to cloud security that illustrate the current state of the art.Describes the important general concepts and principles of security assurance in cloud-based environments.


Enlightening perspectives are presented by an international collection of pre-eminent authorities in cloud security assurance from both academia and industry. This practical and didactic text/reference discusses the leading edge of secure cloud computing, exploring the essential concepts and principles, tools, techniques and deployment models in this field.
