TY - GEN
T1 - Usage management in cloud computing
AU - Jamkhedkar, Pramod A.
AU - Lamb, Christopher C.
AU - Heileman, Gregory L.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - User concerns regarding data handling within the cloud will gain increasing importance as cloud computing becomes more pervasive. Existing service level agreement (SLA) frameworks are not designed for flexibly handling even relatively straightforward usage policies. This paper introduces the notion and importance of usage management in cloud computing. It provides an analysis of features and challenges involved in deploying a usage management framework over a distributed cloud environment to enable automated and actionable interpretation, reasoning and enforcement of usage policies. Finally, a preliminary architecture for such a framework is proposed.
AB - User concerns regarding data handling within the cloud will gain increasing importance as cloud computing becomes more pervasive. Existing service level agreement (SLA) frameworks are not designed for flexibly handling even relatively straightforward usage policies. This paper introduces the notion and importance of usage management in cloud computing. It provides an analysis of features and challenges involved in deploying a usage management framework over a distributed cloud environment to enable automated and actionable interpretation, reasoning and enforcement of usage policies. Finally, a preliminary architecture for such a framework is proposed.
KW - Access control
KW - Cloud security
KW - Service level agreements
KW - Usage management
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U2 - 10.1109/CLOUD.2011.112
DO - 10.1109/CLOUD.2011.112
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80053162719
SN - 9780769544601
T3 - Proceedings - 2011 IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD 2011
SP - 525
EP - 532
BT - Proceedings - 2011 IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD 2011
Y2 - 4 July 2011 through 9 July 2011
ER -