Enterprise to Cloud Authentication Use Case

Title: Enterprise to Cloud Authentication Use Case

Use Case Description: Enterprise using cloud services for its internal processes.

Use Case Category: Cloud Computing

Contributor: NIST Cloud Computing Use Cases

Use Case Details

Actors:

• Enterprise
• Cloud Vendor

Goals: Enterprise using cloud services for its internal processes.

Assumptions: Both Enterprise and Cloud Vendor has been issued credentials in an Identity Ecosystem. Enterprise uses cloud services to supplement the resources it needs.

Requirements:

Process Flow:

Success Scenario: Cloud storage for backups or storage of seldom-used data Virtual machines in the cloud to bring additional processors online to handle peak loads (and, of course, shutting down those VMs when they're not needed anymore)

Applications in the cloud (SaaS) for certain enterprise functions (email, calendaring, CRM, etc.).

Cloud databases as part of an application's processing.

Error Conditions: The applicable standards will vary from one application to the next and from one industry to the next.

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