Roles in Cloud Computing
Organizations and people have different roles depending on how they interact w the cloud
Cloud Provider
provides computational resources manages administrative and managerial tasks and duties usually own the IT resources they lease the IT resources organization that provides the resources as per agreement
Cloud Consumer
can be an organization or an individual has a formal contract or arrangement with Cloud Provider uses the cloud service
Cloud Service Owner
Individual or company that legally owns a cloud service can be the cloud provider or the cloud consumer
Cloud Resource Administrator
individual or organization responsible for administration can be from the cloud consumer, or from the cloud provider can also be a third party contracted to administrate administers not just cloud service but also other IT resources
Additional Roles
Cloud Auditor
third-party that conducts an independent assessment evaluates security, privacy, etc unbiased give consumer confidence
Cloud Broker
mediation negotiates the terms between consumer and provider
Cloud Carrier
provides wire-level connectivity between consumers and providers
usually network and telecommunication providers
Boundaries
Organizational
not a physical boundary but a boundary that represents organizational set of IT assets and resources
Trust
A trust boundary is a logical perimeter that typically spans beyond physical boundaries to represent the extent to which IT resources are trusted.