Data flow management and compliance in cloud computing

Authors
Powles, J 
Pasquier, T 
Bacon, J 

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Abstract

As cloud computing becomes an increasingly dominant means of providing computing resources, the legal and regulatory issues associated with data in the cloud become more pronounced. These issues derive primarily from four areas: contract, data protection, law enforcement, and regulatory and common law protections for particularly sensitive domains such as health, finance, fiduciary relations, and intellectual property assets. From a technical perspective, these legal requirements all impose information management obligations on data sharing and transmission within cloud-hosted applications and services. They might restrict how, when, where, and by whom data may flow and be accessed. These issues must be managed not only between applications, but also through the entire, potentially global, cloud supply chain.

Publication Date
2015
Online Publication Date
2015-09-16
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Keywords
cloud, compliance, data protection, information flow control, privacy, regulatory issues, security, access control, cloud computing, context, law
Journal Title
IEEE Cloud Computing
Journal ISSN
2325-6095
2325-6095
Volume Title
2
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K011510/1)
Those of us from the Computer Laboratory are supported through the UK EPSRC (grant EP/K0l1510), and the Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Centre.