Selecting a trusted cloud service provider for your SaaS program

Computers and Security

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-73

  Tang, Changlong ^a   Liu, Jiqiang ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Auditability; Cloud security; Function; Governability; Interoperability; SaaS; Security assurance; Software as a service; Trusted cloud services

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; INTEROPERABILITY; MOBILE SECURITY; WEB SERVICES;

AUDITABILITY; CLOUD SECURITIES; GOVERNABILITY; SAAS; SECURITY ASSURANCE; TRUSTED CLOUDS;

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS);

EID: 84924355619     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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