Cloud computing is a paradigm evolution that benefits from virtualisation technologies and introduces “everything-as-a-service” as a technical and business concept supported by pay-per-use pricing models. Whilst the on-demand characteristics of this novel paradigm provide revolutionary advances in technical ability, the changes while incorporating this into an IT infrastructure raise many complex problems and risks with regards to auditing. Auditing is the process of tracing and logging significant events the take place during the system run-time for analysis, and can be seen as a vital tool in validating and securing systems.
1. Auditing in Cloud Computing
SYSTEMATIC THOUGHT LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS
Jonathan Sinclair
SAP Research, CEC Belfast
SAP (UK) Ltd.
25th March 2010