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البحث (1):
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عنوان البحث:
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Suitability
Of Frameworks, Standards And
Certification For Government Adoption Of The Public Cloud For Advanced Digital Continuity
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رابط إلى البحث:
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تاريخ النشر:
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06/05/2016
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There is increasing use
of the public cloud by governments; however, this use is for non-critical
systems and non-sensitive data. The potential that the public cloud has for
government use lies not only in the well-known benefits of cost and
scalability, but also as a more permanent solution for providing e-services
to citizens and as a solution for an advanced form of digital continuity
whereby in the case of a national crisis, the government can continue to
function in the public cloud on an indefinite basis. To take advantage of the
public cloud in this way it becomes necessary for governments to place
sensitive data and critical systems in the public cloud, which they are
reluctant to do because of security concerns. Towards a solution to this
issue, this study examines the frameworks, standards and certification
schemes (FSCs) that inform governments’ approach to adopting the public
cloud. The study focuses on the extent to which they are suitable for the
identification of issues related to the public cloud and its use for advanced
digital continuity of government.
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البحث (2):
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عنوان البحث:
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A
Relationship Approach To Increasing Government Confidence In The Public Cloud For Sensitive Data
Deployment
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رابط إلى البحث:
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تاريخ النشر:
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06/05/2016
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Despite the numerous
advantages of the public cloud governments are reluctant to deploy sensitive
data in the public cloud because of lack of confidence about security.
Governments are bound by legal and regulatory requirements and need a
tailored public cloud solution that will offer them the level of governance
they need over their data. Unfortunately, public cloud offerings are often
standardised and providers do not offer governments what they need. The
solution to this problem would be governments establishing a Service Level
Agreement (SLA) through their relationship with the public cloud provider
that gives government the confidence to place sensitive data in the public
cloud. Towards a solution, this research examines the relationship between
the government as a customer and the cloud provider in order to determine
issues in the relationship that are contributing to this lack of confidence.
The research is founded on theories and ideas about risk perception and
tolerance, trust and collaboration for understanding the lack of confidence
that governments have within the context of the relationship. Critical
success factors of a successful government-cloud provider relationship are
derived from the theories and used to inform the enquiry towards a new approach
to the SLA relationship to increase government confidence in the public
cloud.
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البحث (3):
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عنوان البحث:
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Building
Government Confidence In The Public Cloud Through Improved SLAs
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رابط إلى البحث:
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تاريخ النشر:
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06/05/2016
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موجز عن البحث:
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Increasingly governments
are using cloud technology to host data and services. However, there is
reluctance to place sensitive data in public clouds because of security and
privacy concerns. These concerns are related to governance in the public
cloud and compliance with laws. When sensitive data is stored in a public
cloud, governments lose a certain amount of control. There are two suggested
solutions to this problem. Firstly, the use of technology, e.g. encryption;
however, this will cancel many benefits associated with the public cloud
making it no longer a viable option. Secondly, through the relationship
between the government as a customer and the cloud provider; this involves
the service level agreements (SLA) which are often standard. Unfortunately,
the standards, frameworks and certification schemes that include guidance on
the governance of this relationship do not consider the specific needs of
government in public cloud use and difficult to customize. Although there is
willingness by governments to use the public cloud for sensitive data, unless
above issues are resolved, advancement in this area will be slow. Through
critical analysis of existing standards, this study proposes a new approach
to the governance of the government-cloud provider relationship towards
increasing confidence in placing sensitive data in the public cloud. The
study focuses on standards that already consider the public cloud and
sensitive data such as the Cloud control Matrix and CSA Guidance.
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البحث (4):
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عنوان البحث:
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RELATIONSHIP AND CLOUD FACTORS AFFECTING GOVERNMENT
CONFIDENCE IN THE PUBLIC CLOUD
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رابط إلى البحث:
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تاريخ النشر:
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January, 2017
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موجز عن البحث:
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Despite the
advances in public cloud and the associated advantages governments are still
reluctant to deploy sensitive data and critical systems into the public
cloud. The advantages of scalability and cost are attractive for governments
and the current direction for governments is to place more of their data and
systems in the public cloud towards a more comprehensive government cloud
solution. However, there are major concerns related to the public cloud that
are especially significant to governments which include governance over data
and systems, compliance and security and privacy. If these concerns are
answered governments will perceive less risk and be more confident to deploy
to the public cloud. Beside the technical solution of improving security, one
of the solutions to this concern is an effective relationship between
government and cloud service provider. This study investigates the
relationship factors between government and cloud service provider and the
associated cloud factor concerns to find out how they affect confidence in
the public cloud, towards providing further insight into government
reluctance to place sensitive data and critical systems in the public cloud.
The research framework identifies the relationship factors which include risk,
trust, collaboration, negotiation and reputation and identifies which cloud
related factors, which include governance, compliance, security and privacy
and performance and offering, are affected by these relationship factors. The
study builds on previous studies that address relationship factors or cloud
factors in isolation where this study considers them together as factors for
the willingness to adopt the public cloud. This is achieved through a
questionnaire with government officials involved in cloud adoption policy.
The results reveal that although governments feel their general relationship
with service providers is not a concern, there are concerns about cloud
factors that are of particular relevance to government.
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المؤتمرات العلمية:
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المؤتمر (1):
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عنوان المؤتمر:
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3rd International Conference On Advances In Information
Processing And Communication Technology
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تاريخ الإنعقاد:
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11/12/2015
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مكان
الإنعقاد:
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Rome, Italy
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طبيعة المشاركة:
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Paper
presentation
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عنوان المشاركة:
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Building Government Confidence In
The Public Cloud Through Improved SLAs
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ملخص المشاركة:
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Increasingly
governments are using cloud technology to host data and services. However,
there is reluctance to place sensitive data in public clouds because of
security and privacy concerns. These concerns are related to governance in
the public cloud and compliance with laws. When sensitive data is stored in a
public cloud, governments lose a certain amount of control. There are two
suggested solutions to this problem. Firstly, the use of technology, e.g.
encryption; however, this will cancel many benefits associated with the
public cloud making it no longer a viable option. Secondly, through the
relationship between the government as a customer and the cloud provider;
this involves the service level agreements (SLA) which are often standard.
Unfortunately, the standards, frameworks and certification schemes that
include guidance on the governance of this relationship do not consider the
specific needs of government in public cloud use and difficult to customize.
Although there is willingness by governments to use the public cloud for
sensitive data, unless above issues are resolved, advancement in this area
will be slow. Through critical analysis of existing standards, this study
proposes a new approach to the governance of the government-cloud provider relationship
towards increasing confidence in placing sensitive data in the public cloud.
The study focuses on standards that already consider the public cloud and
sensitive
data such as the Cloud control Matrix and CSA Guidance.
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المؤتمر (2):
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عنوان المؤتمر:
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8th Saudi
Students’ Conference
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تاريخ الإنعقاد:
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01/02/2015
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مكان
الإنعقاد:
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London, UK
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طبيعة المشاركة:
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Poster
presentation
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عنوان المشاركة:
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Evaluation
Framework For The Design And Implementation Of E-Government Systems
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ملخص المشاركة:
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It was early
1990s when ICT introduction made incredibly changed how traditional and
bureaucratic government models transformed into current e-government model
where services from public sectors are delivered to their people through
electronically. According to Weerakkody et al. (2007), most of the developed
countries have implemented e-government model at transactional level services
(Layne and Lee, 2001) and under-developed countries are following the model
with their own cultural and political environment. E-government is about the
proper utilization of technologies to deliver the governmental services to
the citizens. The aim of this research is to develop or propose a framework
for evaluating the design and implementation of e-government program in Custom
department from the early stages. It should provide specific measures and
practices to evaluate the output of the implementation process. There are
many techniques/frameworks for evaluation and development of e-government
systems in very late stages whereas author aim is to design a framework for
evaluation the e-government implementation in customs department in Saudi
Arabia. For this purpose different framework and components will be discussed
in detail in order to understand which framework (e.g. ITIL, COBIT, Balanced
Scorecard, etc.) will best suited to the research aim and objectives.
Further, a case study will be conducting on different e-government system
during design and implementation in order to allow researcher to understand
the different phases based on performance. Moreover, interviews and online
survey will be conducting in two stages, in first stage from all major cities
in Saudi Arabian cities from e-government users and in second stage from
government employees who are managing the e-government infrastructure and
availability. A thorough hypothesis will also be tested to understand the
challenges and benefits from the system. Finally, a proposed model will be
evaluated in detailed that will meet the research main goal. Author, aim to
publish at least two research papers based on research finding and proposed
model for e-government in Information Technology related Journals.
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المؤتمر (3):
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عنوان المؤتمر:
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5th International Conference On Advances In Computing,
Electronics And Electrical Technology – CEET 2016
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تاريخ الإنعقاد:
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13/03/2016
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مكان
الإنعقاد:
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Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
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طبيعة المشاركة:
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Paper
presentation
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عنوان المشاركة:
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Suitability
Of Frameworks, Standards And Certification For Government Adoption Of The Public
Cloud For Advanced Digital Continuity
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ملخص المشاركة:
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There is
increasing use of the public cloud by governments; however, this use is for
non-critical systems and non-sensitive data. The potential that the public
cloud has for government use lies not only in the well-known benefits of cost
and scalability, but also as a more permanent solution for providing
e-services to citizens and as a solution for an advanced form of digital
continuity whereby in the case of a national crisis, the government can
continue to function in the public cloud on an indefinite basis. To take
advantage of the public cloud in this way it becomes necessary for
governments to place sensitive data and critical systems in the public cloud,
which they are reluctant to do because of security concerns. Towards a
solution to this issue, this study examines the frameworks, standards and
certification schemes (FSCs) that inform governments’ approach to adopting
the public cloud. The study focuses on the extent to which they are suitable
for the identification of issues related to the public cloud and its use for
advanced digital continuity of government.
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المؤتمر (4):
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عنوان المؤتمر:
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4th International Conference On Advances In Computing,
Communication And Information Technology – CCIT 2016
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تاريخ الإنعقاد:
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18/03/2016
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مكان
الإنعقاد:
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Birmingham,
UK
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طبيعة المشاركة:
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Paper
presentation
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عنوان المشاركة:
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A
Relationship Approach To Increasing Government Confidence In The Public Cloud
For Sensitive Data Deployment
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ملخص المشاركة:
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Despite the
numerous advantages of the public cloud governments are reluctant to deploy
sensitive data in the public cloud because of lack of confidence about
security. Governments are bound by legal and regulatory requirements and need
a tailored public cloud solution that will offer them the level of governance
they need over their data. Unfortunately, public cloud offerings are often
standardised and providers do not offer governments what they need. The
solution to this problem would be governments establishing a Service Level
Agreement (SLA) through their relationship with the public cloud provider
that gives government the confidence to place sensitive data in the public
cloud. Towards a solution, this research examines the relationship between
the government as a customer and the cloud provider in order to determine
issues in the relationship that are contributing to this lack of confidence.
The research is founded on theories and ideas about risk perception and
tolerance, trust and collaboration for understanding the lack of confidence
that governments have within the context of the relationship. Critical
success factors of a successful government-cloud provider relationship are
derived from the theories and used to inform the enquiry towards a new approach
to the SLA relationship to increase government confidence in the public
cloud.
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المؤتمر (5):
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عنوان المؤتمر:
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4th
International Conference On Advances In Computing, Electronics And
Communication
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تاريخ الإنعقاد:
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15-16/12/2016
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مكان
الإنعقاد:
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Rome, Italy
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طبيعة المشاركة:
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Paper
presentation
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عنوان المشاركة:
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Relationship And Cloud Factors
Affecting Government Confidence In The Public Cloud
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ملخص المشاركة:
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Despite the
advances in public cloud and the associated advantages governments are still
reluctant to deploy sensitive data and critical systems into the public
cloud. The advantages of scalability and cost are attractive for governments
and the current direction for governments is to place more of their data and
systems in the public cloud towards a more comprehensive government cloud
solution. However, there are major concerns related to the public cloud that
are especially significant to governments which include governance over data
and systems, compliance and security and privacy. If these concerns are
answered governments will perceive less risk and be more confident to deploy
to the public cloud. Beside the technical solution of improving security, one
of the solutions to this concern is an effective relationship between
government and cloud service provider. This study investigates the
relationship factors between government and cloud service provider and the
associated cloud factor concerns to find out how they affect confidence in
the public cloud, towards providing further insight into government
reluctance to place sensitive data and critical systems in the public cloud.
The research framework identifies the relationship factors which include risk,
trust, collaboration, negotiation and reputation and identifies which cloud
related factors, which include governance, compliance, security and privacy
and performance and offering, are affected by these relationship factors. The
study builds on previous studies that address relationship factors or cloud
factors in isolation where this study considers them together as factors for
the willingness to adopt the public cloud. This is achieved through a
questionnaire with government officials involved in cloud adoption policy.
The results reveal that although governments feel their general relationship
with service providers is not a concern, there are concerns about cloud
factors that are of particular relevance to government.
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