Cyber-Risk Informatics

7CLOUD COMPUTING IN CYBER-RISK

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Describe the concept of CLOUD Computing with its advantages and disadvantages and its relevance to Cyber-Risk Informatics and related risk engineering/sciences.
• Explore the innovative and popular theme of CLOUD Computing modeling and its simulation in the cybersecurity arena citing challenges and risk management.
• Study a cross section of CLOUD Computing implementation other than physical as in the social world with the First Responder Groups of firefighters, rescue workers, law enforcement officers, etc. as it applies to Human Resources at large.
• Examine reserve recovery crew and extra product deployment planning to manage risk.

7.1 INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION

CLOUD computing, a relatively new form of computing using services provided through the largest network (Internet), has become a promising and lucrative alternative to traditional in-house IT computing services and provides computing resources (software and hardware) on-demand. All of these resources are connected to the Internet (and through CLOUD) and are provided dynamically to users as requested (see Fig. 7.1). Some companies envision this form of computing as the major type of service that will be demanded extensively in the next several decades. Companies like Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Amazon, and Yahoo among many others have already made investments not only in research but also in establishing CLOUD computing services. CLOUD computing, sometimes ...