Enterprise architecture modeling based on cloud computing security ontology as a reference model

Abstract

The recent growth of popularity of cloud computing services delivers various benefits in multiple fields of activity, including reduced resource costs due to optimized hardware setup, as well as improving mobility. However, cloud computing has some issues that need to be clarified, one of which is the security of cloud computing. The dispersion of cloud service vendors means that most security issues are still addressed often as unique to the particular vendor or cloud computing system, lacking standardization of the procedures and protocols that users and vendors follow when implementing a cloud computing system and running it. This paper deals with cloud computing security management. It offers an ontology, designed by the authors of the paper, specifically built to deal with cloud security controls covering the most important documents of the domain of cloud security management and the implementation of the proposed ontology to an enterprise architecture modeling language.