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.
Relationships
- Extended by:
- Extension of:
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