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NIST SP 800-145

The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

Date Published: September 2011

Author(s)

Peter Mell (NIST), Tim Grance (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

Cloud Computing; SaaS; PaaS; IaaS; On-demand Self Service; Reserve Pooling; Rapid Elasticity; Measured Service; Software as a Service; Platform as a Service; Infrastructure as a Service
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-145
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
SP 800-145 (EPUB) (epub)
Press Release

Related NIST Publications:
SP 500-325

Document History:
09/28/11: SP 800-145 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

planning

Technologies

cloud & virtualization

Laws and Regulations

Federal Information Security Modernization Act, OMB Circular A-130