Background: As more government information system are migrated – or being prepared to migrate – to a cloud hosting model, Federal CISOs are faced with the challenge of identifying, mitigating risk and managing risk to these systems in a new operational environment.

There is a need to collect best practices, lessons learned and additional guidance, gleaned from both agency and industry SMEs, for cloud security requirements and managing cloud operations.

This will be a cross-collaboration project with Cybersecurity COI.

Answer the question, “What is the role of the CISO regarding the secure management of cloud solutions?”  The Cloud COI will collaborate with the Cybersecurity COI to identify and interview key stakeholders to identify challenges and develop guidance to address these issues. 

Develop guidance for Federal personnel that eases the process of acquiring cloud related services and solutions.

Summary:

GSA is determining how to address the cloud marketplace within the Federal government.  Different departments have different needs as they move to the cloud.  GSA would like to determine the best way they can support their Federal customers.  This also means they need industry input regarding the impact that their decisions will have on cloud services providers.  The subcommittee will address questions such as:

Summary:

Post Conference work products and symposium devoted to practitioner exchange on use cases and practical application.

Anticipated Outcomes:

Sessions artifacts, use cases, productivity information, implementation knowledge, and capability information for membership use.

Additional Details:

Post conference symposium devoted to implementation and use cases of the future.