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Moving to the Cloud:

NIST Vision, Initiatives & Collaboration

part of the

US Federal Cloud Computing Strategy

Dawn Leaf

NIST Senior Executive for Cloud Computing

March 29, 2011

National Institute of

Standards and Technology

Information Technology Laboratory

NIST Cloud Computing Program Goal

• Accelerate the federal government’s

secure and effective adoption of

cloud computing*

– Build a USG Cloud Computing

Technology Roadmap which

focuses on the highest priority

USG cloud computing security,

interoperability and portability

requirements

– Lead efforts to develop standards and guidelines in close

consultation and collaboration with standards bodies, the

private sector, and other stakeholders

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* REF http://www.cio.gov/documents/Federal-Cloud-Computing-Strategy.pdf

NIST Mission: To promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancingmeasurement science,

standards, and

technology

in ways that

enhance economic

security and improve

our quality of life ©Robert Rathe

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Universal Challenges

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• Adopters need a “Rulebook”

• cloud model is emerging -- there isn’t a large

installed base

• mainly commodity & infrastructure

Rule Book

from the

Chicago,

Milwaukee,

St. Paul and

Pacific

Railroad

Company

dated 1959.,

antiqueradio

museum.org

• Providers need to understand the specific issues

and barriers – not just general security,

interoperability & portability concerns

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• Detailed cloud computing services

are defined in the eye of the

beholder – hard to get apples to

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Universal Challenges

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The Cloud Computing “space” & community is so broad that it isn’t feasible to cover all relevant work & collaboration opportunities

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Backlog of internet driven policy questions &

decisions (e.g. privacy and security) now need to

be considered in light of cloud roles &

responsibilities

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Balance -- between advantages of formal standards

development processes and market driven

defacto “standard” specifications

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NIST Cloud Computing Program

Concept & Rationale

How to build a USG Cloud Computing

Standards Roadmap

1. Define

Target USG

Cloud

Computing

Business Use

Cases

2. Define

Neutral Cloud

Computing

Reference

Architecture &

Taxonomy

3. Generate Cloud

Computing

Roadmap –

Translate

Requirements

& Identify Gaps

priorities

risks

obstacles

Expand

CC Definition

ref. architecture

Concurrent & Iterative 3-step

process

that drives tactical efforts

Strategic Program Tactical Program

NIST CC efforts

• SDO submissions & support

• Guidance – Special Publications;

technical advisor to Fed CIO Council

• Standards Acceleration to

Jumpstart the Adoption of

Cloud Computing (SAJACC) --through qualitative testing of

specifications against interoperability,

security, and portability requirements

• Complex Computing

Simulation & Modeling – Koala

IaaS resource allocation algorithms

Beneficial bi-product: Identify priorities for

hand-off to other stakeholders – policy

makers, prototypes, pilots, R&D organizations

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Interagency Report:

USG Cloud Computing

Technology Roadmap –list of Tactical Priorities &

Deliverables

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NIST Cloud Computing Program Timeline

May

2010

Nov

2010S

T

R

A

T

E

G

I

C

NIST

CC

DefinitionTactical efforts

Outreach & Fact finding with

USG, Industry, SDOs

Evaluate past models &

lessons learned

Define fresh approach

to support secure &

effective USG cloud

computing adoption, prioritize interoperability,

portability, & security

requirements, collaborate,

more quickly respond to

operational needs

Launch CC

Strategic Program

Initiate

Stakeholder

Meetings

Collaboratively

define working

group scope &

resources

Develop Detailed

Plan

March

2011

Execute CC

Strategic

program

Continue

Stakeholder

meetings

Integrate results

into tactical

priorities

NIST CC

Forum &

Workshop I

NIST CC

Forum &

Workshop II

NIST CC

Forum &

Workshop III

Oct

2011

Complete

USG Cloud

Computing

Standards

Roadmap

Interagency

Report

Assess

Results &

Replan

NIST CC

Forum &

Workshop

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NIST Cloud Computing

Forums & Workshops

Cloud Computing Forums & Workshops (May & Nov. 2010)

– 300-500 attendees with broad industry, SDO, government academia, & international community participants

NEXT ONE is April 7 & 8, 2011, NIST Gaithersburg MD campus

Goal is continuing dialogue with stakeholders, transparency, and encouraging

continued participation in the NIST cloud computing working groups which

will inform the content of the 1st NIST USG Cloud Computing Technology

Roadmap draft targeted on or around the end of the FY 2011.

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NIST Cloud Computing Collaboration Site

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each strategic &

tactical effort is a

NIST-led project &

working group

http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-cloud-computing/bin/view/CloudComputing/WebHome

Public NIST cloud web site url

http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/index.cfm

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Questions?

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