From the Spring 2016 Issue

The Nomad Project: Targeting Security and Availability Issues in the Cloud

Author(s):

Henry Au, Electrical Engineer, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Mamadou Diallo, Computer Scientist, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Megan Kline, Mathematician, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Michael August, Cloud and Mobility Engineer, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Patric Petrie, Lead Staff Writer, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Roger Hallman, Mathematician, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Organizations with sensitive data cannot take advantage of cloud computing because of security and availability concerns.  Cloud computing uses the Internet to manage, store, and process data remotely, instead of locally.  The three deployment models of cloud computing, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS), offer … Read more