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id="pubs-abstract-header">Abstract</h4> <div class="hidden-sm hidden-xs hidden-xxs" id="pub-detail-abstract-info">This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-146, Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The publication explains the different cloud computing technologies and configurations, and recommends methods and approaches that organizations should consider when making decisions about implementing cloud computing, NIST SP 800-146 was written by Lee Badger and Tim Grance of NIST, Robert Patt-Corner of Global Tech, Inc., and Jeff Voas of NIST. The bulletin summarizes the publication, and covers the characteristics of cloud computing, the factors to be considered in the deployment of cloud computing, and open issues that may impact future organizational decisions concerning the deployment of cloud computing. References are provided to additional sources of information on cloud computing.</div> <div class="hidden-lg hidden-md"> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-min"> This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-146, Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The publication explains the different cloud computing technologies and configurations,... <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-show">See full abstract</a> </div> <div id="pub-detail-abstract-all" style="display: none;"> This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-146, Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The publication explains the different cloud computing technologies and configurations, and recommends methods and approaches that organizations should consider when making decisions about implementing cloud computing, NIST SP 800-146 was written by Lee Badger and Tim Grance of NIST, Robert Patt-Corner of Global Tech, Inc., and Jeff Voas of NIST. The bulletin summarizes the publication, and covers the characteristics of cloud computing, the factors to be considered in the deployment of cloud computing, and open issues that may impact future organizational decisions concerning the deployment of cloud computing. References are provided to additional sources of information on cloud computing.<br/> <a href="#pubs-abstract-header" id="pub-detail-abs-hide">Hide full abstract</a> </div> </div> <h4>Keywords</h4> <span id="pub-keywords-container" data-total="12"> <span id="pub-keyword-0">cloud computing</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-1">data confidentiality</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-2">data integrity</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-3">information security</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-4">Infrastructure as a Service</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-5">Platform as a Service</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-6">risk assessment</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-7">risk management</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-8">security controls</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-9">Software as a Service</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-10">system availability</span>; <span id="pub-keyword-11">system security</span> </span> </div> <h5>Control Families</h5> <p> <span id="pub-control-fam-container" data-total="0">None selected</span> </p> 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