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Cloud for Defence

Cloud for Defence. Mick Symonds. Clouds and NATO: NIAG study. Earlier this year, Atos took part in a NIAG Study Group for NATO, looking at the suitability of Cloud Computing. Summary of NIAG Study conclusions. Cloud does have some attractive attributes, which could be of selective value

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Cloud for Defence

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  1. Cloud for Defence Mick Symonds

  2. Clouds and NATO: NIAG study • Earlier this year, Atos took part in a NIAG Study Group for NATO, looking at the suitability of Cloud Computing

  3. Summary of NIAG Study conclusions • Cloud does have some attractive attributes, which could be of selective value • There could be opportunities in Cloud when restructuring and reorganising • The current NATO orientation around ownership of particular “boxes” is an obstruction • And the transfer over to dependence on services is thus a significant inhibitor

  4. Long-term service trend

  5. Cloud, Cloud Services and Cloud Computing • Cloud is a word very much hyped and in fashion but used very loosely • Cloud Services underlie and support that concept • And to support those, there are the Cloud Computing facilities used to deliver those services

  6. Why you might want to use Cloud • Cloud in general: • full mobility, Web 2.0, social media, real-time web, SOA, electronic ticketing and payments, etc., etc. • you can access “your stuff” from wherever you are, using whatever devices • Cloud Services • facilities are provided by various suppliers to enable you to do those things • often “for free”, subsidised by advertising, etc. • or just paid for per user or even “per tick” • Cloud Computing • you don’t have to invest capital in data centres full of servers and storage • you can just use as much or as little as you need, on a pay-as-you-go basis

  7. IaaS; IaaS involves the provision of the basic hardware and associated systems software: processing, storage and network access to and between them. It is made useable as a service by providing a portal for control and internet access PaaS; Platform is provided to allow people to build and deploy applications, usually but not always to run on top of IaaS and deliver a SaaS service. They are generally used at two stages of the lifecycle: to develop or enhance an application in the first place and then to provide a suitable run-time environment once it is built SaaS; There is a wide range of SaaS offerings, which provide access to a multi-tenant application, usually via a thin client or a web browser. It is essentially the same as the well-established concept of Application Service Providers (ASP’s) Definition – Cloud Service Models Software as a Service (SaaS) e.g.: CRM, Email Salesforce.com Google Apps, Force.com, Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) e.g.: LAMP, .net, database, Message Queue, API, Application Server e.g.: CPU, Storage Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Atos Cloud Infra. Services Amazon.com

  8. IaaS How Cloud Computing is delivered • “… In reality, the cloud is giant buildings full of computers and diesel generators … There’s not really anything white or fluffy about it.” • Mike Manos(Former Microsoft data centre manager speaking to the New York Times) • IaaS • PaaS • SaaS

  9. So, what’s stopping organisations going to Cloud? • There are scare stories about: • security • legal compliance • service levels • governance • interoperability • scalability (yes, really) • and ...

  10. “Cloud is the new outsourcing”, according to Gartner and some IT Managers are not yet ready to give up their empires ... turkeys and Christmas

  11. Location, location, location • One of the key attributes of Cloud is supposed to be location independence • You have no idea where your data actually is • But there are strict controls over personal and other sensitive data within the EU • And it needs to remain in a particular jurisdiction • Most major Cloud providers are American • Although some are opening European data centres (e.g. in Dublin) • They are therefore subject to the American Patriot Act • Giving American government agencies access to the data, wherever it is held • There are thus concerns raised within the NL Government

  12. So, what is the solution • Various means of providing “the best of both worlds” are being worked on • European Cloud 2020: • An initiative, spearheaded by ESA and CERN, with the support of the EC, to develop a major European Cloud capability • Open Data Center Alliance: • A customer-led organisation to define standards for cloud services and how they are used, to make the decision as to which provider to use more open and flexible • The concept of Private and Community Clouds: • Which can be used by one large organisation: e.g. government agencies • Or those within a particular sector, with common compliance and security concerns: e.g. finance, healthcare, defence, …

  13. Security and Identity Services • There are risks related to cloud computing • Your data is hiding somewhere, but you don’t know where exactly • Your data is neighbouring the data of many others, which makes it attractive to hackers • Cloud environments are ever more being used as a launching platform for: • DDOS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attacks • Botnet attacks • Just like any other organisation, cloud providers are not excluded from insider threats either • Through virtualization malware can ‘leak’ to your data • Browsers and mobile devices belong to the most vulnerable IT components and are, hence, popular targets of hackers

  14. Security and Identity Services Here are some measures you can take You need to learn about the security controls of your cloud provider. Use your own policies and procedures as a reference Make clear agreements with your cloud provider about ownership, protection and deletion (at the end of the contract) of your data Encrypt your sensitive data where possible Protect your client applications and mobile devices. Have these included in your security programs There are some very fancy identity management technologies available – based on open standards - which are worthwile to evaluate: SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language): used for authentication SPML (Service Provisioning Markup Language): used for account management XACML (eXtended Access Control Markup Language): used for fine-grained authorization

  15. A range of Infrastructure ServicesProcessing, storage and connectivity on a pay-per-use basis SHARED CLOUD PUBLIC CLOUD PRIVATE CLOUD TRADITIONAL DEDICATED CLOUD Cloud based processing & storage, but hardware is dedicated per customer Dedicated connection Shared multi-customer environment Dedicated connection or Internet Shared enterprise and consumers environment Only Internet connection Cloud implemented for only one customer, on premises or in Atos DC Traditional infrastructure services Greater resource sharing and increased agility Increased use of dedicated resources Atos Sphere Atos Sphere Atos Sphere

  16. startslide.ppt Mick Symonds Principal Solutions Architect/Loose Cannon Atos B.5.L08, Papendorpseweg 93, 3528 BJ Utrecht The Netherlands michael.symonds@atos.net m +31 651 755 779

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