LII:Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for Your Laboratory
Title: Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for your Laboratory
Edition: First edition
Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas
License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Publication date: August 2021
This guide
The table of contents for Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for your Laboratory is as follows:
- 1.1 History and evolution
- 1.2 Cloud computing services and deployment models
- 1.2.1 Platform-as-a-service vs. serverless computing
- 1.2.2 Hybrid cloud vs. multicloud vs. distributed cloud
- 1.3 The relationship between cloud computing and the open source paradigm
2. Standards and security in the cloud
- 2.1 Standards and regulations influencing cloud computing
- 2.2 Security in the cloud
- 2.2.1 The shared responsibility model
- 2.2.2 Public cloud
- 2.2.3 Hybrid cloud and multicloud
- 2.2.4 Container security and other concerns
- 2.2.5 Software as a service
3. Organizational cloud computing risk management
- 3.1 Five risk categories to consider
- 3.2 Risk management and cybersecurity frameworks
- 3.3 A brief note on cloud-inclusive cybersecurity insurance
4. Cloud computing in the laboratory
- 4.1 Benefits
- 4.2 Regulatory considerations
- 4.3 Deployment approaches
- 4.3.1 Hybrid cloud, multicloud, and the vendor lock-in conundrum
5. Managed security services and quality assurance
- 5.1 The provision of managed security services
- 5.1.1 Managed security services in the cloud
- 5.2 Managed security services and the laboratory
- 5.2.1 The quality assurance officer
- 5.2.2 The shared responsibility model in the scope of security management and quality assurance
- 5.3 Choosing a provider for managed security services
- 5.3.1 Using a request for information (RFI) process
6. Considerations when choosing and implementing a cloud solution
- 6.1 What are the various characteristics of an average cloud provider?
- 6.2 What should your lab look for in a cloud provider?
- 6.2.1 Service-level agreements
- 6.3 What questions should you ask yourself?
- 6.4 What questions should be asked of a cloud provider?
- 6.4.1 Using a request for information (RFI) process
7. Final thoughts and additional resources
- 7.1 Final thoughts
- 7.2 Key reading and reference material
- 7.3 Associations, organizations, and interest groups
- 7.4 Consultancy and support services
Appendix 1. Top public and hybrid/mutlicloud services
- Alibaba Cloud
- Amazon Web Services
- Cisco Cloudcenter and UCS Director
- Dell Technologies Cloud
- DigitalOcean
- Google Cloud
- HPE GreenLake
- IBM Cloud
- Linode
- Microsoft Azure
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- OVHcloud
- Tencent Cloud
- VMware Cloud
Appendix 2. Top managed security services
- Accenture Security Managed Security
- AT&T Cуbеrѕесurіtу
- Atos Managed Security Services
- BT Cyber Security Platform
- Cisco Active Threat Analytics
- Foresite Managed Cybersecurity
- Herjavec Group Managed Security Services
- IBM Managed Security Services
- NTT Managed Security Services
- Orange Cyberdefense
- Secureworks Managed Security Services
- Trustwave Managed Security Services
- Verizon Managed Security Services
- Wipro Managed Security Services
Appendix 3. RFI questions for cloud providers and MSSPs
